We are not paid to do ministry, we are freed up financially for ministry. If you or your church believes you do ministry because you are being paid, the example you are setting is that the only ones who do ministry are paid workers. This leads to further professionalization of the ministry—where only a few do ministry, while the many just watch the paid professionals. This can also lead to a pastor seeing his 40–50 hours of work each week as “ministry” and the rest of his time being primarily family