Entendemos de alguna manera que es un sacerdote que tiene un puesto más en lo alto que el resto de los que conocemos normalmente, poco que intuimos por detalles que están a la traza, por ejemplo, la vestidura que portan.

Programs, techniques, and gimmicks may cause church attendance to increase, but only God adds souls to the kingdom of God. Only new spiritual life by faith in Jesus Christ and spiritually maturing saints are important. Attendance is secondary.

Encima, un obispo es llamado a ordenar y supervisar a los ministros y líderes Adentro de la iglesia. Esta tarea implica discernir y confirmar los dones y llamados de cada individuo, asegurando que estén equipados y capacitados para servir a Dios y a su pueblo.

Today, too many kindhearted but misdirected churches and seminaries allow men to become pastors who should not be in the ministry. Many pastors are spiritually immature even though they completed their seminary training and they have a poor grasp of Scripture. They know the systematic theology taught by the seminary they attended, but they cannot and do not know all of the Bible. It is impossible in a three year seminary course of study to have been taught all sixty six books of the Bible in depth.

In contrast, today a man declares that God has called him and friends are usually supportive. He goes to seminary and then waits for a church to hire him. Some churches ask subjective questions about a man’s call to the ministry and qualifications. Typically, the church has not been able to observe his life and assess his qualifications for ministry.

Obispo auxiliar: Es el asignado a un obispo ordinario para que le supla o ayude en el gobierno de la diócesis. Antiguamente recibía incluso el nombre de obispo de anillo.

The most important duty of a pastor is to work hard at preaching and teaching. By his sermons and his teaching, he shows his love for God and for the congregation. It will be obvious in the messages a pastor preaches when he is not growing in his walk with God and is not spending many hours in scripture. The apostles did not have time for administration and neither do pastors today.

He is simply one of the elders who preaches Sunday morning. He is one member of the team. He may be a spiritual coach, but the Holy Spirit brings vision and direction when everyone agrees.

Titus 1:9 says that a pastor must hold to the “faithful word” – the Word of God. It is not enough for the Call Committee to read the doctrinal statement that he submitted when check over here he applied for the position. How much of the Bible does he really know? If he is a recent seminary graduate, he should have a good grasp of scripture; but if he has been out of seminary for some time his grasp of scripture might be poor if he does not spend very much time studying it.

Men who became Christians in the childhood or in their teenage years have an advantage over those who become Christians in their twenties because the Holy Spirit has been working in their lives for a longer period of time.

A seminary graduate may be arrogant, believing he knows more of the Word of God than the people in the church. While that may be true, such an attitude reveals a heart problem. He lacks humility. If a man is not spiritually mature, he is not qualified to be a pastor.

The number of hours they assigned to each responsibility revealed what the leadership team really believed about the priority of teaching and preaching. On one occasion the leadership team of a church in Pennsylvania had the pastor working eighty hours per week. That is an interesting discussion all by itself.

The rejection of Moses by the Almighty seems to be unreasonable because we have such a low view of the qualifications for a spiritual leader. Hebrews 13:7 teaches that he must be an outstanding example worthy of being followed.

Because he brought dishonor upon God publicly in front of the people of Israel, he was not able to enter the Promised Land. He had ministered for forty years and lost the privilege of seeing the fruit of his ministry. Because of sin, he was prevented from entering the land of Canaan.