A Shepherd
The role of a woman in the church, is to obey the Pastor! The man is the head of the woman, just as Christ is the head of the Church! There was no woman preacher! A woman is a lade member, unless the Pastor of the church a sign her to do something Other than that she is a servant to the church. In other words to Christ.
A pastor aide is typically a member of a church who supports and assists the pastor in various capacities, often focusing on the spiritual and administrative needs of the congregation. This role may involve coordinating church events, providing assistance during services, and facilitating communication between the pastor and church members. The pastor aide helps foster a positive church environment and supports the overall mission of the church.
A pastor is the priest who is in charge of a parish. He supervises the functioning and finances of the parish, as well as the maintenance of the parish church and rectory.
In a Baptist church, the pastor serves as the spiritual leader and is responsible for preaching, teaching, and guiding the congregation. This leadership role is rooted in the belief that the pastor is called by God to shepherd the church, providing spiritual oversight and direction. While Baptist churches emphasize congregational autonomy and democratic governance, the pastor typically plays a crucial role in decision-making and ministry leadership, reflecting their responsibility for the church's spiritual health.
A deacon is an officer of the Church. They assist the pastor in any tasks/jobs that need doing and the overall running of the Church.
Nympha is mentioned in Colossians 4:15 as a host of a church that met in her home, but the New Testament does not explicitly label her as a pastor. Some interpretations suggest she played a significant leadership role within her community, indicating an active involvement in the early church. However, the term "pastor" as understood today may not directly apply to her role in the first-century context.
He can be part of the leadership of the church and is usually always a help to the pastor. A deacon will therefore help with preaching, teaching, assisting elders and special needs people, as well as supervising church functions, and can also usually be found in pastor's meetings to help the pastor make decisions.
Sometimes, but usually the church council decides who will become the next pastor. If the church has no council, then the clergy members of the church will come together and decide which one of them will be pastor.
Wait for what? To get a new Pastor? We have a guy at our Church who Preaches if our Pastor can't make it to Church or if he passes away
WHAT?! No, a pastor of ANY church cannot ask someone to move out of town and any good, Christian pastor would never do that! The only thing a pastor may do is if he feels that a member of a church has committed a bad sin and will not confess, the pastor can have the church vote on it and the person may be asked to leave the church, but NO PASTOR can kick someone out of town and if that is what's happening, than that pastor is not a good, Christian pastor and he should be reported to the head of the district for whatever denomination his church is.
The term 'pastor' means a pastoral worker - one who takes a role of pastorally caring for those around him or her. However, in a church setting, the term 'pastor' isusually reserved for the leader of a church - especially a Protestant church - usually a Baptist or Free Church - the quivalent of a vicar in an Anglican Church or parish priest in a Catholic church. Therefore Pastors are usually ordained, wear clerical collars, and are regarded as the church leaders of their churches, and as such have a 'pastoral role' in caring for those in their church, although this is just one of several duties that a church leader would have as pastor. However a pastoral worker is someone who specifically does pastoral work and nothing else, and is usually not ordained.
Fred Phelps is the pastor of Westboro Baptist Church.