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1 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | justme | 211285 | ||
Your statement seems to include to wide on scope of the reality I know and have experiended. Perhaps this is more of an issue in larger cities like Hong Kong, and others in the US. In the three seminaries I ahve been involved in there were very few pastors involved in teaching, as these positions were for those proffessors who were called by God to teach. May I disagree with you, but gently, that many pastors do labor and often many more hours are spent in sherherding than most have any idea. As a pastor there is no such thing as a day off, or a night you can go to sleep knowing you won't be awakened by one of the sheep needing you. Every denomination, and church has it's own criteria for ordination. I was orignally ordained by a Souther baptist church wher I first became pastor. When I became an Americian Baptist church pastor I had to go into a very involved period of writing papers on my theology od many areas, and a formal review by several ministers and the Area Minister. These meetings lasted not quite a year. Then my ordination was recognized. In a Conservative Baptist Church I served a pastor they took my ordination as it was. There is always more to the pastors job and calling then most people even think of. Don't judge so harshly, remember those who serve you as pastors in prayer and give encouragement as often as you can. Blessings. justme |
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2 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | azurelaw | 211287 | ||
Thank you, justme, for your feedback. I have no idea why you say that I judge harshly, but when I re-read my question, I understand why you have such a feeling. I am terribly sorry that I did not state it clearly. My beginning sentence should read like this instead: "Nowadays, there are SOME pastors ONLY engage in teaching in seminaries and giving sermons on the pulpits." I forgot to use the word "some" to state clearly the specific group of ministers. Therefore, my focus of concern is what constitute to the term "pastor" if no caring and shepherding function is exercised? I hope it clarifies the misunderstanding :-) Shalom Azure |
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3 | pastor / shepherd? | John 21:17 | stjohn | 211288 | ||
Hi Azure: I don't know the answer to your question and I'm not sure about my suggestion, but may I offer that perhaps they would be more rightly called, "Ministers of the Word". It seems that labels can be very confusing. I don't spend that much time on them, but perhaps I should, it sure would make things a lot easer if we could at least all agree on the terms we use. :-) God bless John |
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