What a Pastor IS and IS NOT
http://www.holdingfast.net/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=9188&view=post&articleid=What-a-Pastor-IS-and-IS-NOT&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The Bible actually gives us this description by making parallels between marriage and the pastorate.
(Audio - 46 mins; plus Study - 3 pages; 2005)
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Assoc. Professor Denny Burk, Boyce College, lists seven reasons why believes the Apostle Paul was a widower when he wrote 1 Corinthians.
(Article, Aug. 2011)
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A summary and exposition of elder qualifications. We compare both Titus 1:5-9 and 1Timothy 3:1-7
(Study, 6 pages; 2013)
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The Bible is clear a single man cannot be ordained as an elder, deacon or Pastor. People get around this by claiming the Apostle Paul was single. We evaluate that claim.
(Study - 3 pages; 2016)