Someone once said, as a believer, whatever you do, can be a ministry. As true as that is, I believe there needs to be a clear distinction of what is and what is not a Christian ministry, as I notice in America, or the West, that there is a high tendencies for Christians to think that starting a social club, soccer team, being a youtuber, giving money, etc. are the new norms of something they call a legit Christian ministries.
The gets confusing when the fundamentalists attack them because the former would only recognize street evangelism, serving in the church and pastoral ministry as legit. In this case, they cannot agree to my first sentence. So I am not dealing with the fundamentalists here.
But this question must be asked, if we could just call anything a ministry, should we make a distinction between a Christian ministry and a sport club lead by a Christian?
If there is no distinction, then what is a social club that just happens to be run by a Christian if there is no witnessing of Christ? Is Christ still the Lord in the club?
Because Christians don't have to witness by talking Jesus every single seconds with anyone they meet, there is no need to forbid Christians for starting a club in the secular world. Therefore, since a club run by a Christians can be secular, despite having Christian values, which is not the Gospel, not all activities led by a Christian are Christian ministries.
In that case, we would need to distinguish between a Christian ministry and and a program led by a Christian.
So it is clear, that a Christian ministry must be a Gospel centered one, regardless of types of activities and the members who participate in it. Otherwise, it is just a social program founded by a Christian and it is perfectly fine that the program itself doesn't have to be Christian, despite having Christian leaders.