The first mark to look for in selecting a pastor is that the candidate must be a male according to 1 Timothy 3:2. While being a male is not a mark of maturity, it is a requirement that God has for those who serve as elders or pastors.

Cada obispo es apoyado por dos consejeros. Juntos, el obispado cuida de las deyección espirituales y sociales de los miembros de su barriada. El obispo ayuda a cada miembro de su congregación en sus esfuerzos por seguir a Jesús.

Es el supervisor y el jefe de la doctrina y la enseñanza de su rebaño y el responsable de apuntalar la comunión en su diócesis y de la comunión de su Iglesia con las otras iglesias ortodoxas.

. 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.

What should a congregation do if the pastor is truly disqualified and for some reason cannot be removed from office? Then the congregation should request that the elders call a congregational meeting to discuss the problem. If the church is very large, it may be more difficult to have a congregational meeting. Then maybe a group of concerned members should ask to meet with the elders to discuss the situation before they choose to leave the church.

God did not approve when they assumed these ministry positions, and God will not bless their ministries. Even if their churches are large God is not pleased with them.

Un obispo debe tener un liderazgo musculoso y ser un ejemplo de humildad y compasión. Debe estar dispuesto a escuchar y entender las evacuación de su comunidad, y tomar decisiones basadas en los principios y enseñanzas de la Iglesia.

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 ascendiente 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.

Are you truly qualified to be a church leader? If so, the holy standard that you must set is very high.

After the new man has been serving as pastor for six months to maybe two years, the church leadership, the Call Committee, and church members may begin to realize that the pastor is not what they expected. They discover that the man has weaknesses that they never anticipated. The weaknesses usually surface in meetings at the leadership level. The church may discover that his preaching is different than the sermon he gave when he was candidating for the position. Sometimes they discover that the pastor’s doctrine is different. A number of years ago one church discovered that their new pastor believed differently than they did.

Those who might object to the conclusion, because they believe that we are not to judge others, should carefully read the study “Perro We Judge Others?” You will discover that Jesus was not preventing us from evaluating the character of potential spouses or the qualifications of leaders for example; otherwise, we would not have any basis on which to select any potential husband, wife or leader. What is important is to please our Lord by selecting the pastors and leaders He wants.

The results were amazing. Most everyone said the pastor should spend most of his time in sermon preparation and teaching/preaching, but they thought he should spend only about 10 hours per week doing this. That told us that the leaders of this church did not really believe the duties of the pastor was to teach and preach. If they had, the number of hours should have been at least double. For an additional article dealing with the duties of a pastor, the selection of a pastor, and for a copy of the above mentioned questionnaire please read “Thoughts On Selecting A Pastor.” Another important article is “A Call: Teach The Bible.”

When this questionnaire has been used in the past, most leadership teams ranked sermon preparation and teaching and preaching near the top, but assigned a small number of hours to the responsibility – typically, less than ten hours per week. Administration, organization, counseling, time with people, and time with the staff received the greatest number of hours and a lower ranking.

Los obispos se encargan de velar por las iglesias locales bajo su control a través de la figura de las diócesis, que se organizan principalmente en una de las ciudades que englobe y get more info cuya sede principal es la catedral, desde donde imparten el derecho Gozqueónico y confiere los sacramentos.