One of, if not the most important thing, that a Church will ever do, is to extend a call to a Pastor! And it is critically important that the Church and the Pastor be in God’s will for their respective lives. Otherwise, we have a problem.
That raises the issue of what should be the requirements for calling a man to be a Pastor? Pastoral Selection Committees should know what the Word says about those qualifications. I Timothy 3:1-7 is a good place to start.
In that list of qualifications and other related texts, a paramount prerequisite is that the Pastor must be a man who knows the Word of God. And he must know how to teach it, preach it, explain it and live it.
He may have a great family.
He may have a winsome and warm personality.
Have a wonderful and loving spirit.
A man of sterling character.
Impeccable academic credentials.
Tremendous staff person.
Knows all the latest technology.
If He is not solid and truly grounded in the Word; if he doesn’t love the Word as much as he loves life; if he doesn’t like to study and pray and dig --- he is going to have a very short ministry in that church.
Churches today --- more than anytime in its history --- needs a man who is truly a Bible man. II Timothy 2:15 says “study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, but rightly dividing the word of truth.”
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