Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . . . Jeremiah 9:23-24
How do you approach your pastor (of five years) and tell him that he has not been in line with the Word of God? If this is a touchy subject, and if he is unapproachable, do you just accept the decision to find a new church?
In God’s plan for the church there are overseers and deacons. But who is an overseer, elder and who is a deacon?
. We also find that these men are to oversee the church. An elder is the person who has two type of responsibilities: oversight and shepherding.
Lord willing, this document will prove to be an encouragement and blessing to those who have the wonderful task of searching for a new shepherd of the sheep. The following thoughts are the result of someone asking if voting for a pastor was like casting lots. The answer to their question was, “Yes, if biblical principles are not followed.”
En el Nuevo Testamento de la Sagrada escritura puede encontrarse, en la primera epístola a Timoteo, los requisitos para aquellos que aspiran a practicar como obispo:
The first step of church discipline requires that those who witnessed the sin seek to restore the one who sinned. Galatians 6:1 gives us some guidelines for the initial step.
When he comes, he meets with the Call Committee, the leadership team, and maybe others in the church. On Sunday, he usually preaches the morning sermon and meets other leaders and/or people in the afternoon. Most of the church members are not aware that the prospective pastor will probably preach an old and descendiente sermon that has proven to be a “great one.” So he dusts it off, reviews it, and practices it over and over again. He does his best. The interviews usually go well because everyone is on their best behavior. Somewhere along the way, other leaders and seminary professors are contacted to obtain their opinions about the man.
Here “children” refers to new Christians. They have just had their sins forgiven. The spiritual young man is one who is having victory over sin, is strong in the faith, and has a strong grasp of Scripture. Hebrews 5:11-14 helps us understand that a spiritually mature believer is one who knows the Bible so that he or she Perro teach others.
How does the pastor work with the other leaders? The ideal model is one in which the pastor sees himself Ganador just one of the team. He should believe that God sets the direction and vision of the church when unanimity is reached among all of the elders.
Los obispos deben hacer esta Bonuses cita personalmente y con este propósito se les permite ausentarse de sus diócesis; los obispos de Italia durante cuatro meses, otros obispos por siete meses. La Santa Sede a veces dispensa a un obispo de la obligación de hacer la recepción personalmente, especialmente a individualidad de aquellos que han sido promovidos a un oficio más alto (dignitates), o a un sacerdote de su diócesis que viva en Roma, o incluso al agente del obispo en esa ciudad, si es un eclesiástico.
Many pastors believe that they have a corner on God’s direction for the church. We must not forget that some lay leaders have the same problem. Vencedor a result anyone who is opposed to their views becomes a “problem person.” This is human nature, unfortunately. But it should not exist in the church of God.
1 Timothy 5:19 requires that two or three individuals were witnesses to the same sin at the same time. This does not mean that one individual witnessed a sin one day, another person witnessed a sin on some another occasion, and maybe a third person witnessed another sin.
Esto lo prueba primero el ejemplo de Jerusalén, donde Santiago, quien no era unidad de los doce Apóstoles, ocupaba el primer lado, y luego por aquellas comunidades de Asia Beocio de las que habla Ignacio, y donde, a principios del siglo II existió el episcopado monárquico, pues Ignacio no escribe como si la institución fuera una nueva. Es cierto que en otras comunidades no se hace mención del episcopado monárquico hasta mediados del siglo II. No deseamos rebotar la opinión de los que creen que en muchos documentos del siglo II hay rastros del episcopado monárquico, es asegurar, de una autoridad superior a la del colegio de presbíteros-obispos. Son muy plausibles las razones que alegan algunos escritores para explicar por qué, por ejemplo, en la Epístola de Santo Policarpo no se menciona al obispo. Sin embargo, la mejor evidencia para la existencia en esta vencimiento temprana del episcopado monárquico es el hecho de que a fines del siglo II no se halla ningún señal de algún cambio de organización. Tal cambio le habría quitado al colegio de presbíteros-obispos su autoridad soberana, y es casi imposible comprender cómo este cuerpo habría permitido de ser íntimo, secreto, individual, reservado, personal, de su autoridad en todas partes, sin dejar en los documentos contemporáneos la pequeño evidencia de una protesta contra un cambio tan importante. Si el episcopado monárquico comenzó sólo a mediados del siglo II, es increíble comprender cómo a fines del siglo II eran generalmente conocidas y aceptadas las listas episcopales de muchas diócesis importantes que remontaban la sucesión de obispos tan remotamente como al siglo I. Tal, por ejemplo, fue el caso de Roma.