tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post9182953607598115616..comments2024-02-13T08:45:20.455-05:00Comments on The Schooley Files: Five-Fold Ministry? Pastors and TeachersKeith Edwin Schooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06328169815024415532noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-51537666146956674922011-09-04T00:06:35.942-04:002011-09-04T00:06:35.942-04:00Thanks, JesseK, for the kind comments.
I'll h...Thanks, JesseK, for the kind comments.<br /><br />I'll have to write something more extensive on Barnabas sometime. There's a lot more to him than many people realize. He was the one who originally sold his field and laid the proceeds at the Apostles' feet. He stuck his neck out for Saul (Paul) after his conversion, when everyone else was too afraid of him. He invited Saul to come minister with him in Antioch, when Saul had simply gone back to his home town in Tarsus. They ministered together in Antioch and brought the famine relief collection to Jerusalem. Throughout this time, Luke always refers to them as "Barnabas and Saul." It is only when they encountered opposition on the mission field that we suddenly read "Paul and Barnabas."<br /><br />I think the whole record shows that Barnabas was an ideal pastor with a heart of gold, whom Paul had reason to appreciate for taking him under his wing for over a decade after his conversion and before his first missionary journey. Paul had the toughness necessary to deal with brutal opposition on the mission field; Barnabas didn't. But every church Paul left to go on to evangelize new areas needed a Barnabas to care for the people in his absence. Barnabas-type pastors are not greatly honored in this day of nothing-matters-but-growth. But those in their congregations love them.Keith Schooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078256877683382439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-50285231301775219302011-07-25T23:50:58.632-04:002011-07-25T23:50:58.632-04:00You have a good head on your shoulders when you ar...You have a good head on your shoulders when you are talking about the five fold ministry. Although I don't see what your getting at with Barnabas. He was the same as Paul a teacher and likely a prophet who was promoted by the HS to be an apostle, yet he became worldly in his decision to follow his cousin Mark, which was not a decision of a spiritual nature but of a fleshly one, and as such his name was written out of the New Testament after that point.<br /><br />It's nice to hear your points on the church. Keep on with the truth.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892440673778882011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-35754912469620830822010-05-18T05:58:48.177-04:002010-05-18T05:58:48.177-04:00Nice insight, very refreshing...thank you very muc...Nice insight, very refreshing...thank you very much.Pinoy Digital Marketerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927018462512347276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-6310398897556888632008-08-17T23:26:00.000-04:002008-08-17T23:26:00.000-04:00Hi Keith,I've read through your entire series of "...Hi Keith,<BR/><BR/>I've read through your entire series of "Five-Fold Ministry?" articles and believe them to be the best work on the subject that I've ever encountered. I wish there were more comments so I could get a feel for how this has been received. <BR/><BR/>I believe that understanding what the church is, and how scripture says it should function is critical to the spiritual growth of the church, as such growth necessarily includes increasing biblical literacy among the faithful, and reaching the lost.<BR/><BR/>Please give serious consideration to expanding this series into a book. Even if Zondervan, Baker, etc. didn't want it, which I find hard to believe, you could perhaps offer electronic copies to subscribers for a modest fee.<BR/><BR/>I seem to no longer have a working email address or phone number for you; please drop me a line.<BR/><BR/>Grace and peace, DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-88998110000061190202008-06-17T21:20:00.000-04:002008-06-17T21:20:00.000-04:00Hi Dawn,I don't think it matters much whether we l...Hi Dawn,<BR/><BR/>I don't think it matters much whether we look at it as one gift with two related aspects or as two related gifts. In the early days, the original Apostles (as well as Paul, referring to himself in <A HREF="http://biblegateway.com/bible?passage=1Tim2:7" REL="nofollow">1 Timothy 2:7</A> functioned in many of these aspects at once. So in this verse, he calls himself both an apostle and a teacher (as well as a herald - evangelist?).<BR/><BR/>What I won't buy is pastors who don't teach or teachers who merely impart information and don't concern themselves with the spiritual welfare of those whom they teach (in a Christian context, of course).Keith Schooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078256877683382439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950992.post-63612669254467632992008-06-17T19:42:00.000-04:002008-06-17T19:42:00.000-04:00Keith, what do you make of I Timothy 2:7? Do you f...Keith, what do you make of I Timothy 2:7? Do you feel that there is no disctinction here between pastor and teacher? I guess I could see it either way.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I agree that a pastor must be able to teach.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10039136083216712279noreply@blogger.com