A_Biblical_Theology_Of_The_Pastoral_Role

A Biblical Theology Of The Pastoral Role In Search of the Shepherd: A Biblical Theology of the Pastoral Role As a college student, I find that the one question asked of me most frequently is, “What is your major'” At first I thought it was quite normal to respond that I was pursuing a pastoral major at Moody Bible Institute. But after going through this routine a hundred times, I have come to the conclusion that no one has any idea what I am talking about when I use the word “pastor”. The responses are extremely varied. “You mean you’re gonna be a priest'” or, “There’s a school for that sort of thing'” or, “You’re already a pastor, we’re all pastors in the Lord” and even, “Your father must have been a minister, right'” Clearly, this world has become very confused about the role and nature of the pastor. The previous conversations were mostly with unbelievers, and I think we can cut them some slack on their ignorance of the church. It would be my hope that when we turn our attention to the church, we would find a better understanding of who the pastor is to be. But as many know, this god, ministry, pastoral, shepherd, people, office, calling, through, pastor, elders, church, paul, men, called, been, upon, now, christians, believe, authority, appointment, appointed, already, about, work, time, should, seen, pastors, out, must, life, good, flock, am, timothy