The term ministry can refer to the following:

• A ministry is a department of a government.
• The ministry refers to all government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) led by a prime minister.
• The Ministry (also known as the Áireacht) was the cabinet of the government established by the revolutionary Irish Republic of 1919-1922.
• Ministry is the name of an industrial music band from the late 1980s.
• A religious ministry is a type of activity conducted by members of various faiths, particularly the various Christian faiths.
• A now-defunct UK dance music magazine published by the Ministry of Sound. It has morphed into M8.