Does a pastor need a flock, or need to oversee a congregation to be called a pastor? Is a shepherd called a herd keeper without his sheep? What about a facebook ministry? Closed, secret, or whatever type it is, a group that has a ministrys name, does that make you a pastor over that group? What say ye?! The word pastor appears 9 times in the KJV bible. 8 of those instances are in Jeremiah and only one in the New Testament in Ephesians 4:11. Looking at the instances in Jeremiah they mostly have to do with shepherding, feeding the flock, keeping the flock, etc. You can also see they werent highly esteemed in Jeremiah, but they were warned of what was coming to them as a punishment (they were not faithful shepherds). From the KJV dictionary: KJV Dictionary Definition: pastor av1611/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/pastor.html pastor P`ASTOR, n. L. from pasco, pastum, to feed. 1. A shepherd; one that has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A minister of the gospel who has the charge of a church and congregation, whose duty is to watch over the people of his charge, and instruct them in the sacred doctrines of the christian religion. pastoral P`ASTORAL, a. L. pastoralis. Pertaining to shepherds; as a pastoral life; pastoral manners. 1. Descriptive of the life of shepherds; as a pastoral poem. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as pastoral care or duties; a pastoral letter. Piety is the life and soul of pastoral fidelity. P`ASTORAL, n. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds, or a poem in imitation of the action of a shepherd, and in which the speakers take upon themselves the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic. A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life. pastorate P`ASTORATE, n. The office, state or jurisdiction of a spiritual pastor. Definitions from Websters American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828. Previous word: past. Next word: pasturable.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:51:28 +0000
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