Thanks Curt , I do have a question and maybe I need to just re-listen to this again, I agree with what you are saying, and it does make a lot of sense especially scripturally, however, because, it is so common to refer to the person, who teaches scripture at your church, as the pastor, It just makes it so much easier in every day conversation when you are referring to that person, especially if people that you’re talking to do not know the “Pastor” by name. My question is, what is the appropriate way then to refer to you when talking about you (the pastor) in conversations with others? Especially since others are more commonly used to the term “Pastor” , also most people recognize that the pastor is not just the teacher, but more of the leader of the church, and so often times they would ask about who is your pastor or when we are talking in a conversation I would refer to, “yes and our pastor… taught on…” but if this is not correct biblically, then how would I refer to you?
Great question, Mona! So, I know of a wonderful organization called Hope for the Future, and someone name Mona who is a member of the board. I might introduce her as "Mona, a member of the board of Hope for the Future," but I wouldn't call her "Board Member Mona." Does that make sense? There's nothing wrong with saying Sue is a Sunday School teacher, but we don't call her "Teacher Sue." In the same way, it's completely natural to say Tom is a pastor of our church, or refer to him as "one of our pastors," but that doesn't mean we call him "Pastor Tom." One is saying what someone is, the other is making this a formal way of addressing them, even making it part of their name.
Really interesting and helpful, your magnificentness. Thank you! :-)
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Thanks Curt , I do have a question and maybe I need to just re-listen to this again, I agree with what you are saying, and it does make a lot of sense especially scripturally, however, because, it is so common to refer to the person, who teaches scripture at your church, as the pastor, It just makes it so much easier in every day conversation when you are referring to that person, especially if people that you’re talking to do not know the “Pastor” by name. My question is, what is the appropriate way then to refer to you when talking about you (the pastor) in conversations with others? Especially since others are more commonly used to the term “Pastor” , also most people recognize that the pastor is not just the teacher, but more of the leader of the church, and so often times they would ask about who is your pastor or when we are talking in a conversation I would refer to, “yes and our pastor… taught on…” but if this is not correct biblically, then how would I refer to you?
Great question, Mona! So, I know of a wonderful organization called Hope for the Future, and someone name Mona who is a member of the board. I might introduce her as "Mona, a member of the board of Hope for the Future," but I wouldn't call her "Board Member Mona." Does that make sense? There's nothing wrong with saying Sue is a Sunday School teacher, but we don't call her "Teacher Sue." In the same way, it's completely natural to say Tom is a pastor of our church, or refer to him as "one of our pastors," but that doesn't mean we call him "Pastor Tom." One is saying what someone is, the other is making this a formal way of addressing them, even making it part of their name.