Is your pastor to help guide and nuture your ministry?

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Storm.King

Fri, 06/05/2009 - 9:38pm

Yes, one of the roles of a pastor should be to teach.

Here is a list of other roles (taken from another source):

"The responsibilities of a pastor

1. A pastor's primary calling is to preach and teach the Word, particularly the way of Salvation, the gospel of grace (1 Timothy 3:2). By study (2 Timothy 2:15) he should be able to present sound doctrine that cannot be censured 2 Timothy 4:2-4).

2. He must be a model of holiness and mature Christian living (1 Timothy 4:12).

3. He must see to it that God is worshipped in spirit and truth, according to his ordinances (1 Timothy 4:13).

4. He should be able to give counsel (Colossians 1:28-29), to engage in "the cure of souls," to tend the flock in all its needs (1 Peter 5:1-4).

5. He must administer and govern the church, applying scriptural principles (Hebrews 13:7,17). He is entrusted with the care of the local church (1 Timothy 3:5).

6. He must see to it that proper church discipline is being carried out (Matthew 18). Also the due and reverent use of the sacraments, for the sacraments are tied up to the Word. He is entrusted with the One as well as the other (Matthew 28: the great Commission)

7. He is to train and equip all church members to be effective in their Christian testimony (Ephesians 4:11-12). His ambition is to see Christ formed in them (Galatians 4).

8. He is to present his brethren, among whom he works, before the throne of grace regularly (see the opening of most of Paul's epistles).

9. He is to do the work of an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5), i.e., winning souls by the gospel."

Source: http://www.tecmalta.org/tft265.htm