Peter exhorts the elders to shepherd pastor the flock by practicing oversight. The bottom line is that the Bible does not teach a leadership hierarchy in which bishops are over overseers who are over elders who are over pastors. There are only two biblical offices in the church: elders and deacons. Elders serve by leading. Deacons lead by serving. In the New Testament, deacons are called deacons. But elders are called pastors, overseers, and bishops. Different terms. Same office. There are two mistakes we make in regard to the biblical terminology for pastoral leadership.
First, we ignore the biblical terminology. Likewise, we misuse the biblical terminology. And this misuse of biblical terminology has led to the development of artificial congregational and denominational hierarchies. But our terminology should be a faithful representation of our doctrinal convictions. I do not make these points to attack any person or group.
I have friends who have been consecrated as bishops. I respect them. But I disagree with them on this point. More importantly, scripture disagrees with them. We should strive to be biblically regulated Christians and churches.
This requires that we refuse to embrace practices that are not biblically justifiable or contradictory to scripture. Bishop noun A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; - formerly called archer. Bishop noun A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. Bishop noun An old name for a woman's bustle.
Bishop verb To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor. Bishop verb To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. Bishop noun a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ. Bishop noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves.
Bishop noun chess a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color. Bishop A bishop is an ordained or appointed member in a religious institution, who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Pastor Illustrations. Bishop Illustrations. Popular Comparisons. Adress vs. Comming vs.
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There are many religions based on the beliefs and the teachings of different people. Pastors are the people who look after a congregation and are often attached to only Christian churches. They are the people who are required to spread the words of God and act like His shepherd by caring for his people.
The concept of bishops was originally taken from pastors. Bishops are the ordained and consecrated leaders of a Christian Clergy.
They are also referred to as the ordained ministers of a congregation who are not only responsible for the congregation but also the people within and bound by the congregation. The term bishops were introduced because pastors in the olden times may or may not be ordained whereas bishops must be ordained or consecrated. Bishops are also said to be hierarchical.
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