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Originally Posted by TK Burk
I had one pastor tell me he'd rather have his kids think of him as their pastor than their dad. I was shocked.
I have never enjoyed being called "pastor." I much prefer "Brother" being used before my name. I see it this way:
I introduce my self by the name "Tom Burk" because that's who I am.
My parents called me "son" because that's who I am.
My wife introduces me as "Husband" because that's who I am.
My kids call me "Dad" because that's who I am.
But "Pastor" is not who I am--it's what I do.
So, to me, calling a person "pastor" is like calling others in the church names like "housewife." "Fireman," "waitress," store clerk," retiree," or whatever else they do. Such names are titles or descriptions of what they do, not names of who they are.
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IMHO If your "what" doesn't become your "who" in God's kingdom then your "what" is not subject to "who" God called you to be.
Dad is what you became when you had kids.
Husband is what you became when you got married.
If these titles became a "who" based on certain conditions, then Pastor is "who" you became based on the same premise.
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