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Evangelical · 09-29-2018, 01:23 AM

In denominations, pastor is a secure, ongoing, fully time permanent position.

In the recovery they are not like that. If a church decides to pay the elder that is up to them, but usually it is only full time workers on campuses. It is usually for a period of time, not guaranteed to be until retirement.

The paying of the worker is not the issue, it is the position of pastor that is the issue - paying of a person to support their permanent position which is not found in scripture - in the early church, pastors did not run churches. Elder is not a full time permanent vocation like a pastor or priest.

09-29-2018, 01:23 AM	#9
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Judge not that ye be not judged... In denominations, pastor is a secure, ongoing, fully time permanent position. In the recovery they are not like that. If a church decides to pay the elder that is up to them, but usually it is only full time workers on campuses. It is usually for a period of time, not guaranteed to be until retirement. The paying of the worker is not the issue, it is the position of pastor that is the issue - paying of a person to support their permanent position which is not found in scripture - in the early church, pastors did not run churches. Elder is not a full time permanent vocation like a pastor or priest.