The Role of Authority in Relation to Christian Churches?

[GoldenEagle]

What is the role of authority in relation to Christian churches?

How do you view your pastor?

How do you view your deacons/elders?

Edited October 11, 2012 by GoldenEagle

[Guest]

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

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What is the role of authority in relation to Christian churches?

How do you view your pastor?

How do you view your deacons/elders?

Authority

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18

And The Pastors

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Hebrews 13:17

And All Those Elders Too

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 1 Timothy 5:16-18

Oops~! You Mean We Should Support The Elders In Their Old Age......

[OneLight]

I see His whole body as the "church".

1 Corinthians 12:27-28

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

In I Timothy we find Bishops, Deacons and Elders. I have often wondered if these three fit somewhere in the above?