priest, pastor, or preacher?

Just looked at a Sword of the Lord and over half the articles are written by someone with no title in front of their name. The most I saw was someone's name prefixed by Dr. In 2 or 3 cases, it was simply a name followed by "Pastor of XXXX Church".

Is it possible that perhaps what I communicated to "Dr". Shelton finally sank in? That he finally reasoned with my constructive criticism?

You know, I suppose that I possess a Doctorate's Degree in Hard Knocks..., being a veteran of the Vietnam Era and now 66 years old but my name will never reflect, "Dr. HA Melton, HK."

I think it's a fine thing if someone has had the ability to rise to the level of attaining a Doctorate Degree. Or that of a PHD. Where my rub comes in is that if he can't relate to Widow Smith existing on $650 dollars a month from Social Security who wears Salvation Army clothes..., then what's the point?

Pastor's, no matter their educational levels are to be Sheppard's. Jesus knew it all from the foundation of the world yet, he was but a Sheppard.

 

priest, pastor, or preacher?

What does the bible say about these positions?

 

When did you contact them? I'll examine a paper from before then.

 

I contacted them perhaps as far back as early as 2000, late 1990's. I don't remember.

Specifically though I used to subscribe to their publication but allowed it to expire. I had a hard time reading sermon's. No fault of their's but rather, a defect in me I suppose.

 

Every state I've lived in (and England), Baptist ministers were always called Pastor. The one I have now isn't (yet) ordained but plans to be in the near future. Everyone (except me) calls him by his first name. My fear is that once he's ordained he might want to look for a larger church; ours is VERY small.

 

How those who signed the 1689 London Baptist Confession identified themselves:

"Pastor" 26 (70%)
"Minister" 8 (22%)
"Preacher" 1 (3%)
"Elder" 0 (0%)
"Bishop" 0 (0%)
None 2 (5%)

source: Reformed Reader

 

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