Aquí sólo podemos indicar brevemente los asuntos a los cuales se extiende el poder funcionario del obispo:
In short the above passages and Acts 20:28 reveal that the Holy Spirit has rejected the man from ministry at this point in time. He may qualify again for ministry if a number of years pass in which his life meets the biblical standards for an elder.
El tratamiento tradicional en España para el clero de cualquier cargo en la curia Bancal de «Ilustrísima». Sin embargo los títulos oficiales usados por la Iglesia católica son los que ahora se detallan:[5]
Los obispos forman, adyacente con el papa, quien es a su oportunidad obispo de Roma, el Colegio episcopal, en el que este último ostenta la primacía: «En virtud de su oficio, el Romano Pontífice no sólo tiene potestad sobre toda la Iglesia, sino que ostenta todavía la primacía de potestad ordinaria sobre todas las Iglesias particulares y sobre sus agrupaciones, con lo cual se fortalece y defiende al mismo tiempo la potestad propia, ordinaria e inmediata que compete a los Obispos en las Iglesias particulares encomendadas a su cuidado».[10]
Laymen are allowing false teachers – wolves – to come into the flock because they feel inadequate to ask the questions. They feel that asking questions is too academic, or might offend the man. The truth is if it offends the man, then you do not want him.
. Elders will not escape. At the same time, the high requirement of multiple witnesses is a safeguard for church leaders who are extremely abandonado to a wide variety of unfair accusations.
The primary responsibility of the pastor is the teaching of scripture. The priority issue in the interview is what does he believe about the book that you want him to teach and preach! It is amazing how many churches discover that their pastor believes a false doctrine after he has arrived.
At the end of this document is a questionnaire which is entitled, “What Should The Pastor Do?” A number of responsibilities that pastors are sometimes expected to perform are listed. Some church leadership teams expect a pastor to perform only some of them, and some churches might expect a pastor to perform all of them.
The typical response of most people is positive. If he sounds good, seems like a great speaker, and the Call Committee is interested in the man, he will eventually be asked to visit the church.
His children are obedient and his wife is in subjection. This demonstrates that he is a model example of one who knows how to lead his family. His family members are Christians who are obedient to the Lord. If these characteristics are true of him, then he is qualified to be a leader in the church.
Adicionalmente de las responsabilidades de un obispo, el arzobispo todavía puede comportarse como juez en casos eclesiásticos y tiene el poder de emitir decretos y regulaciones para su arquidiócesis.
Many pastors believe that they have a corner on God’s direction for the church. We must not forget hombre de Dios that some lay leaders have the same problem. Figura a result anyone who is opposed to their views becomes a “problem person.” This is human nature, unfortunately. But it should not exist in the church of God.
Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . . . Jeremiah 9:23-24
Lleva una cruz pectoral y un anillo episcopal, el primero como símbolo de su consagración a Cristo y el segundo signo del aprecio y fidelidad que le unen con Cristo y con la Iglesia.[4]