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1 | Should pastors/preachers be evaluated | 1 Cor 4:4 | azurelaw | 242344 | ||
Dear daflodeo, Welcome to the forum and thank you for your comprehensive feedback and sharing of your thought and experience. I am afraid that I did not phrase my question clear enough. My point is: is it unbiblical to have an official evaluation system (something like performance appraisal in most organizations) at church on pastors/preachers base on the teaching of Paul as cited in my original post. I agree with your last paragraph concerning 1 Cor 4:1-5, but the context and background in Paul's days at Corinthian was that he was facing problem of division among church members who compare and criticise one another's leaders (Paul, Apollo, Peter). Thus he said about the accountability of the stewards in Chapter 4:1-5. Can this be generally applied to modern days church context when there is commonly a hierarchy system in most denominations and churches that there would be more or less some evaluation for a preacher moving onto the role of pastor? Hope my question is much clearer now. Shalom Azure |
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2 | Should pastors/preachers be evaluated | 1 Cor 4:4 | daflodeo | 242345 | ||
Yes, but I can only speak from my limited experience. At this church I use to fellowship at there were 3 preachers but only 2 gave sermons. It took me a short time to understand why the guy who was the better of the 3 was not allowed to preach and it was because he was not a "pollyana" type preacher telling the congregation what they wanted to hear. The number 2 preacher had been a Jehovah Witness at one time and would sometimes mix the two totally different doctrines in his sermons and would get reprimanded by the head preacher. The 3rd preacher disliked the 2nd preacher for the mere fact that he made so many bogus statements and he should have been the one sitting down. It was very important to the head pastor and the 3rd pastor that Scripture was not perverted. |
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