Luther, Calvin, and their spiritual descendants affirmed a theology of vocation that said all of life, and all work, were sacred. Accounting mattered and brought glory to God even when done outside the church. This allowed the institutional church to shrink its footprint and simplify its ministry to preaching the Scriptures and administering the sacraments. It also empowered the laity to carry Christ’s presence into the various channels of the culture through their vocations, rather than forcing the entire culture under the domain of the institutional church.
