Role of a pastor

This post is from the defunct blog "Dying Church"

From Organic Church:

In conclusion, I cannot help but feel that the role of the Pastor has itself been subverted by culture. Spirituality has been removed from the priority list and replaced by programme management, driving towards an ultimately unspecific goal of

Comments

[Rev. Mike]

Sounds an awful lot like the things Gene Peterson has been saying for years.

[Jacob]

It's not surprising that today's church is so confused with what the proper role of a pastor (elder) is...Afterall, that would require careful study of the Biblical passages having to do with the role and qualifications of a Pastor. ...Sadly today's church (and many of the Pastors who "lead" them) tend to look elsewhere for their philosophy of "ministry". Jacob.

[Darryl]

One of the problems with defining the Biblical role of elder is that you can go in so many directions. Almost all of the bad models of pastoral leadership have some background in the Biblical text. I think you're right, though. That is really where we should be getting our philosophy of ministry.