I Want to Teach the Word, but Where Do I Go From Here?

[Yeshua1]

Actually, the "pastor/teacher" paradigm from Eph. 4:11 is based on a mistaken usage of the Granville Sharp rule, which applies to singular nouns in that usage but not plural ones as in that verse. So a teacher is not necessarily a pastor and vice versa. One can be both or either.

Yes, as there are clergy who are gifted to teach, as well as laity to do such in say Sunday School/cell groups.

 

[TCassidy]

So a teacher is not necessarily a pastor and vice versa. One can be both or either.

All pastors should teach. And all teachers should pastor their students. But the gifts God has given to the church are different. The pastor is the shepherd. The teacher is the discipler. Their duties often overlap, but are quite distinct.

 

[John of Japan]

All pastors should teach. And all teachers should pastor their students. But the gifts God has given to the church are different. The pastor is the shepherd. The teacher is the discipler. Their duties often overlap, but are quite distinct.

Well said.