
09-10-2007, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BobDylan
The kingdom of God is not the Boy scouts, and pastors are not "troop leaders". As a minister, I have ONE pastor who has real spiritual authority over me. No office in WEC, elected or appointed, has any biblical spiritual authority over anyone. If they are pastors, they have specific authority in the congregation they pastor. If a minister is out from under their ministry, they may have biblical authority over them as their "father in the gospel". But unrelated to that, the only authority a preacher in WEC has over another preacher is administrative, not spiritual.
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A hearty amen.
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