The Difference between a Liberal Pastor and a Godly Pastor

This is a text that I originally started work on in 2016. But I set it aside because I did not know exactly how I wanted to present the seven roles of a pastor. Those roles are elder, bishop, shepherd, preacher, teacher, servant, and messenger. An elder is a man of spiritual maturity who teaches and leads the flock. A bishop involves overseeing the needs of the flock. The shepherd cares for the flock. The preacher proclaims the gospel to those in the assembly. The teacher explains the whole Bible. The servant ministers to the needs of others. The messenger delivers the message that the Lord has called him or her to deliver. So in the following pages of this text, those roles will be explained and compared to what this author has called the liberal pastor. Chapter one of this text lists the ten commandments of the liberal pastor. Those commandments were created by me, the author. So one should take them for what they are worth. Then the rest of this text examines the seven roles of the pastor and explains how the liberal pastor fails in those roles because of his or her ten liberal commandments. No one reading this text should take this text too seriously. It only represents one person's opinion about pastors who are and are not doing their job as this author thinks they should.