The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. 2 Timothy 2:24-26 (NASB)

The first reason some pastors fail in the ministry is that they should never have been a pastor. God never called them. The Holy Spirit did not select them to be pastors.

Es su tarea principal predicar y enseñar el Evangelio, Triunfadorí como llevar la batuta los sacramentos y fijar que se cumplan las doctrinas y conocimiento de la Iglesia de manera adecuada.

Que sepa dirigir su propia casa y sustentar a sus hijos en la obediencia con toda dignidad. Porque si no sabe dirigir su propia casa, ¿cómo podrá cuidar la Iglesia de Dios? Y no debe ser un hombre recientemente convertido, para que el orgullo no le haga perder la cabecera y no incurra en la misma condenación que el demonio. Igualmente es necesario que deleite de buena éxito entre los no creyentes, para no exponerse a la maledicencia y a las redes del demonio.

Most laymen assume that if he went to a good seminary, his doctrine must be okay; and if he is the son of a famous preacher, his theology must be correct. But seminary does not guarantee that any student will agree with what he was taught in school. A graduate from a nationally recognized conservative seminary merienda stated that he did not believe the Old Testament contained any prophecies. He believed that the “prophecies” were written after the events occurred.

Obispo auxiliar: Es el asignado a un obispo ordinario para que le supla o ayude en el gobierno de la diócesis. Antiguamente recibía igualmente el nombre de obispo de anillo.

Para proceder a su consagración se los crea "titulares" de una antigua diócesis, que esté hogaño desaparecida. Incluso se consagran obispos titulares a quienes forman la escalafón de la Curia romana y de la diplomacia de la Santa Sede, sin responsabilidades en la cura de almas.

Spiritually speaking, the church was a dead church. It just looked great to everyone else. But God knew the spiritual condition of each person in the church. The first words of this estar is addressed to the pastor of the church.

That is, they repeat the sin and do not stop. This does not mean that those involved in the restoration of the pastor or elder must start looking for other sins. Those involved in the process must not become judgmental and “pile-on” the elder.

La Nuevo testamento incluso enfatiza que un obispo debe ser hospitalario y tener un corazón compasivo. Esta cualidad les permite acoger y brindar apoyo a quienes están en carencia, tanto Interiormente de la comunidad de creyentes read this article como fuera de ella.

After Peter answered each time, Jesus commanded him to shepherd and feed or teach believers. Christ called Peter to be a pastor and a teacher or a pastor-teacher. The starting point in any call to be a pastor is love for Christ and not a love for self.

The results were amazing. Most everyone said the pastor should spend most of his time in sermon preparation and teaching/preaching, but they thought he should spend only about 10 hours per week doing this. That told us that the leaders of this church did not really believe the duties of the pastor was to teach and preach. If they had, the number of hours should have been at least double. For an additional article dealing with the duties of a pastor, the selection of a pastor, and for a copy of the above mentioned questionnaire please read “Thoughts On Selecting A Pastor.” Another important article is “A Call: Teach The Bible.”

En la actualidad, los obispos son nombrados de forma directa por el papa en el caso de la Iglesia latina o el Santo Sínodo en el caso de las Iglesias orientales. El modo que sigue la Iglesia latina es el ulterior: El nuncio apostólico de cada país reúne información en cada provincia eclesiástica del país sobre los candidatos al episcopado, enviándola a la Santa Sede.

Someone might be concerned that a pastor or an elder had committed sin, but the leader escapes being removed from office if only one person witnessed the sin. The apostle Paul addresses that situation in verses 24-25 when he discusses how to discipline elders.