I think Roland Martin's take on this (Martin is a Christian I respect) is pretty good. From his article. What think ye?
If you read the writings of Paul in 1 Timothy 3 (New International
Version), he offers the following instructions: "Here is a trustworthy
saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he des...ires a
noble task. Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but
one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to
teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not
quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well
and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does
not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's
church)...He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he
will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap."
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The power of any pastor over his or her parishioners is derived from their "calling" to minister the Gospel from God, or as some call it, the anointing by the Holy Spirit. But the role of a pastor -- the Bible speaks to being a shepherd of a flock -- also comes from the belief that it is their moral...
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