Self-supporting ministries, independent ministries, supporting ministries sometimes there seems to be utter confusion in the Seventh-day Adventist church today about their roles. Some church members believe that the denominational work is so paralyzed by apostasy, worldliness, and corruption that lay ministries are the only hope for finishing the gospel commission. Others militantly opposes lay ministries, labeling them schismatics, divider, "separationist" cultists, and offhoots.
