The specific process differs to some degree among churches, but the following pattern is followed by most. The office of pastor should be used to serve others, not in selfish or self-promoting ways.Įach Baptist church selects (calls) the person to be its pastor. The qualifications fall generally into two categories-character and gifts for ministry. In the Greek language of the New Testament, these words indicate different functions and not different persons (Acts 20:17-28 1 Peter 5:1-5).īaptists look to the Bible for the qualifications for persons to serve as pastor (1 Timothy 3:1-7 Titus 1:5-9). The Bible uses three words for the same office: elder, pastor and bishop. Baptists believe the Bible teaches that all Christians are called to serve and minister to others in Christ’s name, but some are called and gifted by God to function in specific roles of ministry, such as pastors and deacons.īaptists declare the office of pastor is one of two that a church patterned after New Testament churches should have. Baptist polity through the years has affirmed two scriptural officers of a New Testament church, pastor and deacon.
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