tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14464372.post115604761217109050..comments2023-10-26T04:31:48.563-04:00Comments on Sunday in the South: Acts 6:1-7: The Institution of OrdinationGene Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857950858852381609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14464372.post-1156619931835052822006-08-26T15:18:00.000-04:002006-08-26T15:18:00.000-04:00David, Thanks for your comments. I agree with much...David, Thanks for your comments. I agree with much of it. I used to not want to be ordained like DL Moody took so much pride in. I thought ordination was just a way to help with taxes. But since being ordained in 2003 following several years of para-church ministry, I immediately experienced a new surge of anointing that I had not known before. <BR/><BR/>I think that once ordained, it is a life call, and yes, I agree that the priesthood of all the body of believers is "ordained" for the Great Commission and ministry in the name of Jesus. But I do hold to the idea of an office that ordination initiates for a leader. <BR/><BR/>My great respect to you as a missionary in Spain.Gene Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857950858852381609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14464372.post-1156233295100095342006-08-22T03:54:00.000-04:002006-08-22T03:54:00.000-04:00Gene,Not really looking for an argument here, but,...Gene,<BR/><BR/>Not really looking for an argument here, but, since you posted on this question, just thought I would run my ideas by you, which are slightly different from the traditional Baptist understanding and practice, and see if you can help me see where I might be wrong...<BR/><BR/>From a New Testament point of view, I don't see where there should be any difference between "ordination" and "pastor installation." I agree that it is necessary to publicly recognize a new pastor and his responsibilities in a local church, and that it is not a bad idea to have some representative people lay hands on the new pastor, as a symbol of his ministry at that church being commended to the Lord, and invoking the Lord's blessing.<BR/><BR/>However, whenever a pastor of a church, for whatever reason, quits being pastor of that church, I don't see a biblical justification for him continuing to be recognized as a "pastor" until another local church happens to recognize him as their pastor.<BR/><BR/>The office of pastor (or "bishop" or "elder", to use other biblical terms), the best I can make out, is a local church office. Pastors should thus, in my opinion, be accountable to the local church in which they serve for the exercise of their ministry. <BR/><BR/>If, for example, a pastor acts in such a way that necessitates the local church in which he serves to remove him from his pastoral responsibilities in that church, I do not believe it should be up to the church that "ordained" him, if it is another church, to also revoke his ordination. But this is a situation which often arises, due to our tradition of generally "ordaining" people into the "Gospel ministry" at large. <BR/><BR/>I prefer to believe that all of us, as believers, are "ordained" into the "Gospel ministry" at large, at the moment of our conversion.David Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701934251748260267noreply@blogger.com