Are the differences just the religion you belong to, or is it a heirarchy thing?
2006-06-13 14:22:10 · 9 answers · asked by Stuck_in_Finance 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A pastor is a shepherd of the people
A Priest is Catholic
A minister is Protestant
A Preacher is evangelistic as opposed to teacher
2006-06-13 14:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which group you are talking about.
If we use the words of the bible
A pastor is a leader. Pastor comes from the Greek word "poimen" meaning shepherd
A priest - This word comes from a Greek word, presbyter, meaning elder. An elder is a leader in a church in the Bible
Minister - not sure its a bible word - I think it's a verb as in minister the poor and sick
Preacher - a person that shares/teaches the gospel with others in lessons and sermons. A Preacher is a person that preaches
2006-06-13 14:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jason S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Words....
But I want to look at those words. A pastor is a person who is in charge of the sheep...the pasture, so to speak. A priest is a person who is annointed by God, not man, to a high calling of personal service. Theoretically, a person cannot be a priest except if God makes him a priest... not a man and not a counsel on men. A minister is a person who cares for the immediate needs of a group of people. Gives them the Gospel, gives them food, heals them, holds them... etc. A preacher is a teacher. He extolls, admonishes, and encourages people so that they might get closer to the Lord.
2006-06-13 14:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calling somebody a preacher or a pastor would not unavoidably mean that they are ordained clergy. A preacher is somebody who preaches the be attentive to God. A pastor is a caregiver who has a tendency the flock of God. Neither of those obligations demands that someone could desire to be ordained, yet they are the two component of the elementary obligations of an ordained clergyman as he executes his place of work to look after his congregation. A deacon is a church officer who has no longer been ordained as a priest yet has been appointed to a particular church place of work and is meant to do particular obligations. a priest, rabbi or reverend is an ordained clergyman (or lady) many times assigned to a particular congregation. Priest, Rabbi and Reverend are "titles of place of work." Bishops and popes are additionally ordained adult adult males of the textile, yet they carry a a techniques better administrative place of work interior the church. Bishops (who many times carry the call of "suited Reverend") oversee a synod, diocese or district. A pope oversees the total church (such because of the fact the Roman Catholic Church or the Coptic Church.) .
2016-12-08 08:58:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what I know.. a pastor is christian, priest and minister are catholic. A preacher is an old school term for any of these
2006-06-13 14:31:17 · answer #5 · answered by Eddie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A pastor has a church that he or she leads, a priest is Catholic and a minister or preacher may not have a church, they may evangelize from place to place or have A church.
2006-06-13 14:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible; they are all the same thing. It is mans different religions that have made them all different
2006-06-13 14:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by runner45 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The priest is Catholic. The rest are protestant.
2006-06-13 14:47:37 · answer #8 · answered by Who am I? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well all four walked into this bar see..........................lol
2006-06-13 14:38:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋