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Originally Posted by tcalbrecht  Street preaching may be a bit of a misnomer, but in any event, the object of the street preacher are those outside the visible church. The object of the minister of the Word is the congregation. |
I would like to challenge this.
Ordinarily, the minister ministers in an already existing congregation.
But some are called to evangelize or do missionary work and for these, then the minister exists prior to the existence of the congregation.
Thus there is a case of extra-ecclesiastical preaching, not just bringing people into the church that already exists, but being used by God to birth the church to begin with.
Your definition above ignores church planting.