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Is a pastor the head of the church?
No. Jesus is the Head of His Church.
A pastor is a representative of Jesus with a responsibility as a shepherd for His flock. However, this has been perverted in many ways in today's 'churches'.
A local church-gathering centres around a prominent personality who replaces the Head, the Lord Jesus Christ in all matters that relates to His Church. Appallingly, in many churches, the “personality” is a “woman pastor” – unheard of in the biblical Apostolic Church of God.
o Shepherding a church is a long-lost responsibility while bossing around and being authoritative is the norm and trend.
o Accountability in matters concerning not only money but also spiritual health, nourishment and growth of the sheep is zero in many congregations. “I am accountable only to God” is a standard statement of today’s “ministers”. Pastors refuse to remain under a Church government composed of other gifts to today’s church by the Lord Himself – prophets, evangelists, teachers and other responsible elders, deacons and overseers. (Not pastorate committee members!). Apostles have completed their part of the responsibilities by laying the foundation.
o There is a wide gap between the pulpit and the pew – not just in the way the church sits but also in the way the pastor wants to keep the people at bay by creating a fear in the minds of the believers, threatening them of dire consequences if they fail to comply with his whims and fancies or if they question his overbearing attitude.
o Believers are forced to see a halo around the pastor’s head and are given an impression that the Lord prefers communicating with him rather than with the believers themselves, ultimately creating a dependency on him for all matters not confined to spirituality alone. Some “pastors” also openly tell the believers that even having a direct encounter with him is a blessed privilege as there are millions waiting for their “dharshan” outside. Instead of becoming a man of God, they are becoming god-men and Man-gods.
o Spiritual growth of the individual takes a backseat as prosperity and “wiping of the tears” are predominant subjects preached and fake healings are stage-managed by “the gifted”.
o Money-swindling technics in the name of building funds, missionary sponsorship and special offerings on various occasions in the lifetime of a believer are employed to increase the wealth of the pastor who keeps adding assets to himself and his generations in the name of church property all the while promising a prosperous life for their flock.
o The wife / son / son-in-law of a pastor is nominated as the successor to the ministry irrespective of whether the person is saved or has a calling for ministry.
o Doctorates and positions offered by men are sought after by the “Servants of God” and some even tend to adopt questionable methods and tricks to earn such “Dr.” and “Bishop” titles – all intended at earning the “greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi”.
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