Recognizing Pastor/Elders - thoughts generated from reading an article

The body of believers with which we gather is in the process of recognizing some more pastor/elders. Currently, the body has recognized two pastor/elders, but I believe that there are other individuals in our body who have been gifted by God with the gift of pastoring (see this post ) and the body has decided that it is time to recognize some of them, so that they can serve in the position of pastor/elder.

Because we are in this process, one of my brothers in Christ gave me a print-out of A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum on Selecting Elders, a 9Marks article that can be found here.

I found the article interesting: agreeing with much and disagreeing with some. I get the impression that the writers of the article see a distinction between the pastor and the other elders (a distinction which I do not see in Scripture, and with which I therefore have to disagree), but I thought that some of their comments were still very appropriate and not negated by their presupposition. Therefore, I figured I would share some trends that I noticed in this article. Be on the lookout for 3 or 4 posts with the topic: 9Marks Trends.