Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss complementarianism and why a healthy ecclesiology is important for this conversation. Before you listen to this episode be sure to listen to Knowing Faith Episode #44 – A Generous Complementarianism.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What is a pastor?
- Why is there confusion over this office/title?
- How is this title misused?
- Who can be a pastor?
- How does the office of pastor relate to the priesthood of all believers?
- Who is qualified to do what? (Non-qualified men, women, non pastors, etc.)
- How should some of the other ongoing conversations among evangelicals and Southern Baptists shape the way we approach these questions?
Helpful Definitions:
- Pastor: Office an elder, bishop, overseer, pastor. Defined and reserved for qualified men, who are ordained, to function and hold the office in local churches of what it means to be a pastor/elder/shepherd.
- Episkopos (ἐπίσκοπος)
- Presbyteros (πρεσβύτερος)
- Poimenas (ποιμένας)
- Anthropology: The doctrine of humanity.
- Ecclesiology: The doctrine of the church.
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