great minds :) pax jok --- "Steven G. Rockhill" <revrock@...> wrote: > John, > Your scaring me a bit .... we are actually > thinking on the same lines > .... or maybe I am scaring myself .... or maybe I am > scaring you. :-D > 2 Opinions 3:16 - that's my chapter and > verse > > Steve > > john okeefe wrote: > > >i know, another silly question on my part - but > maybe > >you just might answer this one :) > > > >please give the bibical role of a "pastor," > "bishop," > >or "elder" - and are they all the same? - keep in > >mind, i am not asking for the "quailifications" of > >those - or "that" if you see them as one in the > same - > >positions (position) - but what is the role - > chapter > >and verse please :) > > > >pax > >jok > > > > > >--- Cecil Tiller <cecil_tiller@...> wrote: > > > > > >>I disagree, and find your remarks offensive > >>concerning the teachings of Rome "being akin" to > >>what is written in Timothy concerning the > >>qualifications of a pastor. > >> Please give me verse and chapter that Paul was a > >>"bishop", "elder", or "pastor" in any church he > >>planted / started? > >> Cecil > >> ****************** > >> > >>"Steven G. Rockhill" <revrock@...> wrote: > >>John, > >> If I understand you correctly below, I agree - > the > >>'one woman man' clause was a guard against > polygamy > >>rather than a qualification that a man 'had' to be > >>married in order to serve in office. Basically, > if > >>the man is married - he must only have one wife. > To > >>argue that a man must be married is much akin to > >>Rome arguing that he must 'not' be married even > >>though the results are obviously different. > Besides > >>to split hairs and say that Paul was a church > >>planter/missionary and not a pastor is way off > base > >>(you did not say this John but someone else did). > A > >>pastor is one who shepherds (leads, feeds, guides, > >>tends and protects) the flock of God - it doesn't > >>matter whether it is a new work or an old one the > >>job description is the same. > >> > >>Peace, > >>Steve > >> > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------- > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > >> > >> > >online > > > > > >===== > >john o'keefe > >http://www.ginkworld.net > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > online. > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > > >"In essential things, unity; in non-essential > things, liberty; and in all things, charity." > > > > > > > > > > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Pastor Steven G. Rockhill > Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church > PO Box 88 > Lisbon, NY 13658 > 315-393-9041 > revrock@... > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ===== john o'keefe http://www.ginkworld.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html