Frank Viola asked a question that I would like all honest Christians to consider; Where do you see the modern clergy system in Ephesians 4? My Bible demonstrates different ministries there, not a clergy caste system. Methinks you are reading an unbiblical system into that text. "Pastor" in the first century is not what it's become today. If it is, can you give me one example of a man who preaches to the same congregation every week, marries the living and buries the dead, blesses civic events, is titled "pastor" or "reverend", is called the head of a church, etc. etc.”
Allow me to also ask; how does what we call “church” today, reflect the New Testament Church?
As a church, we are pressing into what God created while sifting through and discarding what man has added through the years; surprise of surprises we are now seeing lives touched and changed and Sunday worship is a joy again rather than an obligation (even for the leadership!)
If you are ready for relevance and life and to have everything you have ever known about church, pick-up “Pagan Christianity” by Frank Viola and George Barna. If you read it, consider Reimagining Church by Frank Viola or “The Untold Story of The New Testament Church or FROM ETERNITY TO HERE by Frank Viola.
Fair warning; don’t read these books if you are happy with status-quo church life.
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