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Calling women ‘pastors’ ‘undermines’ New Testament teaching on church leadership, says John Piper

Randolph Jason

Calling women ‘pastors’ ‘undermines’ New Testament teaching on church leadership, says John Piper from Christian Today Theologian John Piper has claimed that it is “misleading and unwise and ill-founded” to apply the term ‘pastor’ to women leaders in the church. He addressed the useage of the term in a recent episode of his podcast on his DesiringGod.org website, in which he sought to answer a question put to him by a Christian whose church is revising its definition of pastors to include women. The church believes that as Ephesians 4:11…

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SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF PASTORS YOU NEED TO AVOID

Randolph Jason

SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF PASTORS YOU NEED TO AVOID by Adriel Sanchez for Core Christianity Not everyone who identifies themselves as a pastor, or religious teacher, should be listened to. Peter warned the believers in his day, “But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies…” (2 Pet. 2:1) The church today needs pastors who will faithfully represent Jesus in their preaching and lifestyles. If you sit under this type of ministry, give thanks to God. If…

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