Is waiting on tables a ministry? (Acts 6:2)
The Jewish widows were being given preferential treatment over the Hellenistic widows, and the Apostles say, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God (καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ) in order to wait on tables (διακονεῖν τραπέζαις.)” (NIV). I guess they are drawing “ministry” from the later διακονεῖν and from v 4 (“the ministry of the word,” τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου) even though there is no Greek word behind “ministry” in v 2.