pastor's requirements and duties?

[Drifter Kybe Scythe Kane]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers.

 

[Dansiph]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers,

1 Timothy 3:1-7 goes over some things but it says Bishop not Pastor

 

[Paidiske]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers,

This will vary a little bit from church to church (and from denomination to denomination).

In my denomination, priests (what we call our pastors) have primary responsibility for preparing and leading worship, preaching and teaching, and share leadership of the mission and ministry of the parish (local church).

Besides that, there's one-on-one pastoral care, administration (so much administration), relationships with those outside the parish (outreach but also with other churches, agencies and so forth)... those are probably the main things my time goes into.

One thing to realise is that most churches are small, and the idea of a church with more than one staff member isn't the reality most of us work in. For most of us, the one minister is the only staff person, and so there's a bit of a culture of "If it needs doing, the pastor does it."

 

[TuxAme]

It depends on the denomination. Some protestant pastors have other jobs, as well as families, so they don't have the opportunity to devote as much time to their ministry as a Catholic priest. My parish priest celebrates Mass six days a week (often twice), has prayers to recite throughout the day, must handle administrative duties for two parishes, and spends hours writing both hus homilies, and lessons for our bulletin. He must also be able to respond to emergencies, such as the death, illness or injury of anyone in either of the two churches he oversees.

 

[maintenance man]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers,

This is going to be different at every single church.

I'm in a medium size church of about 1,500 and we have a Senior Pastor how does most of the preaching and guides the teaching vision by planning sermon series which any other Pastor will follow when they are preaching. He is essentially the spiritual captain with the overall vision for where the church is going spiritually.

We also have an Executive Pastor who is responsible for just about everything else - keeping track of the staff, programs, and volunteers, etc. as well as making sure everything is running smoothly. If you have a problem you will likely see him first before the Senior Pastor is approached.

Then we also have a Children's Ministry Pastor, High School Pastor and Jr. High Pastor.

Finally we also have an Associate Pastor who is responsible for communications - making sure everyone in the church knows what's going on from week to week.

As has already been said above, in some churches one guy does it all.

 

[Serving Zion]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers,

A pastor is primarily devoted to the church, unlike other members of leadership that might be mentors, elders or musicians etc.

The pastor's main function is to know all of the members of the congregation, and to "keep his finger on the pulse", as a figure of speech, a personal guardian to those who are growing in the faith, so that he watches to make sure their growth is healthy until they mature in faith - that they might then return the service!

.. in a way, it isn't a responsibility only for him in a congregation, but so that a church can function and teach the faith in the community while enabling the other members to manage their life outside of the church, the dedicated role is made for that purpose.

If the congregation's size warrants it, they might pool their resources to ensure his living conditions in lieu of the employment he might have otherwise had (1 John 3:17, Ephesians 4:28).

 

[Drifter Kybe Scythe Kane]

i see, so pastors basically keep the overall peace, management, and sometimes unique things compared to other pastors because the fact they are all a little different. thanks.

 

[Damon46789]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers,

Pastors are required to provide for the spiritual and physical needs of those in The church. Anything less than this is complete failure. Act 2.

 

[Drifter Kybe Scythe Kane]

Pastors are required to provide for the spiritual and physical needs of those in The church. Anything less than this is complete failure. Act 2.

that's great for longtime overall management. in return for good faith and good works perhaps from people who do so and join a church, they can be fed spiritually and physically which i have already known beforehand but thank you and i'm just saying that's good that they keep up such things for people.

 

[ViaCrucis]

i'm not really familiar with pastors' duties and what they're good at besides preaching and being leaders...does anyone know more details? anything else they devote themselves to? anything else that needs doing from them other than what i just said? what kind of skill word adjectives can you provide like maybe 'rumors' to bring around their staff in the church just in case something seems wrong and they're going their best way around it. or, 'doing things they can't talk about,' because they are leaders of their church and leaders need to know all and be the one to see mistakes of others and the one to have the knowledge of what's going on and how to prepare for that next Sunday in church? thanks for any answers.

In the Lutheran tradition we recognize pastors as having the vocation and calling to be ministers oof the Gospel, and so their chief duty is to be servants of the Church, ministering Christ's people with God's gifts of Word and Sacrament. That includes the obvious tasks of preaching and administering the Sacraments, but also caring for the flock in diverse ways. Pastors are servants, not masters.

-CryptoLutheran