Voting on a Pastor

[Salty]

If you were writing a church Constitution, what would you
put for the minimum age for a member to vote on a pastor?

 

[Paul from Antioch]

If you were writing a church Constitution, what would you
put for the minimum age for a member to vote on a pastor?

I voted "other" because if he's still candiDATING(??) for a pastoral slot, I'd assume that he isn't necessarily a MEMBER of that church, but then I've been known to be wrong before....A few years back I favored the Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl XLIX in 2018 over the Pats, silly me!! Actually, I don't know if there's any particular age that is inherently more scriptural a choice for church's pastor. It doesn't clearly state just how elder an elder MUST be, & it appears as though Timothy was a relatively young man (at least for that time period). I don't see where the OT requirement for priests being 30 is a hard & fast rule for the NT era. Seems to me, that a man's spiritual maturity needs to be taken into consideration more so than his chronologic age. I've seen teenaged boys sometimes behave more "spiritual" than some old timers (like me...75 YO on 5/9/2021!!). Was Methuselah a priest? Boy, 969 years!!!! I wonder if he had a beard?? There I go again...."Beards are OF THE DEVIL !!!" I guess old C.H. Spurgeon would never make the cut!! (But he did smoke cigars...maybe that outta cut 'em SOME slack!!) And what if the proposed pastoral candidate voted Dumb-o-crat?? Should THAT be held against him?? Seriously though, in some churches, Jesus Himself probably wouldn't be selected....First Baptist Church of Laodicea....Guess whoever pastored there SURELY had a lot of barf bags!! How DID they rig them up anyway? Did someone throw a rock at something and, presto!!, the bag'd magically fall down I guess. Enough nonsense. Oh yes, you DO know that old man Methuselah (969 YO) died before his father died??

 

[Salty]

I thought it was a very simple question

 

[Salty]

I dont think that a 10 year old has the maturity to vote on a new pastor.
That would be AKA voting the way dad tells him

 

[Reynolds]

I dont think that a 10 year old has the maturity to vote on a new pastor.
That would be AKA voting the way dad tells him

By that logic, he lacks the maturity to be a church member.

 

[Salty]

Then maybe he should wait,

 

[Squire Robertsson]

For me, it's the legal age in whatever State the church is located in. As the pastor is the legal head of the organization.

 

[Salty]

For me, it's the legal age in whatever State the church is located in. As the pastor is the legal head of the organization.

It also could depend not only on the State/Commonwealth - but the purpose of the legal action
Some would be 18, other 21

 

[Paul from Antioch]

I thought it was a very simple question

Didn't the US of A Army program NOT to think, but to obey one's elders?? Your recruiter.....was he/she/IT someone that Albany NY made certifiable??

 

[Tom Bryant]

Salty,
Is the question about voting on a pastor or becoming a pastor? I took the question to be about voting.

 

[Salty]

Salty,
Is the question about voting on a pastor or becoming a pastor? I took the question to be about voting.

The question is about the age of the church member voting for a new pastor.

But I might do a poll for the age of a pastor - there have been reports of 12 year olds preaching in church.

 

[Alcott]

Minimum age? Leftists are trying to make that 15 nationally, I believe.

 

[Salty]

Minimum age? Leftists are trying to make that 15 nationally, I believe.

This poll is about voting for a pastor - not government elections !
Please do not respond to this post.

 

[Paul from Antioch]

This poll is about voting for a pastor - not government elections !
Please do not respond to this post.

Salty, I agree that 10 Years Old is too young of an age for voting on a pastor, but, if 10 YO IS in the church's Constitution, then so be it. IOW according to the Constitution, a 10 YOU CAN vote for a pastor. My question is this: How did voting for a pastor, IN FACT, voting on ANY THING get to be in the Constitution in the first place? I've heard of some church's being run by some people who merely wanted to run the church THEIR OWN WAY, that is, if anything in their interpretation (Which usually was a WRONG interpretation!), NNE SHALL PREACH ON IT..END OF DISCUSSION!! I suppose that a church like that would be prone to having PEOPLE determining what can be preached instead of God's Holy Spirit. IMHO, I'd steer clear of a church that's run like that.

 

[Salty]

Salty, I agree that 10 Years Old is too young of an age for voting on a pastor, but, if 10 YO IS in the church's Constitution, then so be it. IOW according to the Constitution, a 10 YOU CAN vote for a pastor. My question is this: How did voting for a pastor, IN FACT, voting on ANY THING get to be in the Constitution in the first place?t.

If you were writing a church Constitution, what would you
put for the minimum age for a member to vote on a pastor?

Paul, I agree - go by what the Constitution say -
Just to remind others, I re-posted my original post - "What would YOU put...."

 

[Baptist Believer]

For me, it's the legal age in whatever State the church is located in. As the pastor is the legal head of the organization.

Only in pastor-controlled churches. In churches that are not dominated by a pastor, there are trustees and other legal representatives, while the pastoral staff are agents of the congregation.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Only in pastor-controlled churches. In churches that are not dominated by a pastor, there are trustees and other legal representatives, while the pastoral staff are agents of the congregation.

I beg to differ. Trustees are not a New Testament office. Further, by the legal head, I do not mean as a dictator, rather as CEO. From my home church's 140 years history, we've had at times a standalone board of trustees. Under our current constitution, the deacons operate in that capacity for legal purposes.

 

[Baptist Believer]

I beg to differ. Trustees are not a New Testament office. Further, by the legal head, I do not mean as a dictator, rather as CEO. From my home church's 140 years history, we've had at times a standalone board of trustees. Under our current constitution, the deacons operate in that capacity for legal purposes.

Fair enough. Churches run things according to the way that works for them. Thanks for the insight.

 

[atpollard]

Should we really be voting?
What about the Urim and the Thummim (Ezra 2:63) or casting lots (Nehemiah 10:34, Acts of the Apostles 1:26)?

 

[37818]

Should we really be voting?
What about the Urim and the Thummim (Ezra 2:63) or casting lots (Nehemiah 10:34, Acts of the Apostles 1:26)?

According to Acts of the Apostles 14:23 it was by a vote.
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