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Originally Posted by Yodas_Prodigy 
I guess that I am a little shocked at some of the responses in this thread. Every person who is a believer should be involved in some form of ministry whether it is evangelism, missionary work, apologetics, children's church, Gideons, Wycliff, small groups, etc etc etc.
Usually, in most churches, it is the 20-80 rule. And that is most unfortunate.
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Is there anything in Scripture which suggests that all Christians are to be involved in some formal "ministry"?
This is a dangerous view for two reasons, it devalues all work done outside of a ministry capacity, and it leads to the view that only those who are "doing something" in the church are really important, and unless you lead a home group or children's church or are on one of the interminable list of rosters you aren't really contributing to the church and, by extension, aren't really contributing as a Christian. The Christian witness to the world - which for most of us who aren't church officers, happens outside any formal church programs - gets sidelined.