Did The Pastors Existed Among The Early Christians?

We are talking about today's pastoral system, the governmental office of every church. Did the early Christians have a pastor in each church governing the affair of the church and carrying out several responsibilities in each service? The answer simply is no.

Firstly, the early church never had one single person as a head of a church. They believe Jesus to be the head while they are simply parts or members of his body. The hands can never govern the body, neither can the legs or any other single part of the body. The head will always be the head and nothing can ever replace it. No member of the body can ever play head and the early Christians understand this. That is why the early Christians never had any single head. The members of every church govern themselves through Christ the head, they come together and submit under his headship as he expresses himself through each member (you might like to see: http://www.hiswordxray.com/2016/04/the-headship-of-christ-in-local-church.html?m=1). The mature members are more awaken to Christ and therefore they are more capable of expressing the headship of Christ, hence they were called elders, and they were more respected. The elder had more say concerning the government of each community. There authority is not based on a office but on the measure of the status of Christ that have grown into. Remember Christ is the head, not them.


After several decades, all the apostles were dead, and Christianity was faced with the problem of heresy. In the event of the battle against heresy, Ignatius, a prominent Christian leader during that time decided to write to the churches, instructing them that one of the elders of each church should be exalted as the head of the community. Prior to this each church is headed by a group of elders, presbyters, pastors or bishops. There was nothing like a single pastor or bishop heading a church. Even Peter refer to himself as a co-elder, "The elders which [are] among you I exhort, who [am their] fellow-elder..." (1Pet 5:1). Everything began to change after Ignatius letter, and today we have the pastoral system. Christian leaders have the habit of trying to use the bible to prove a practice that have developed over time through this religious system. Today they pick up the bible and try to prove that the pastoral system is in the bible, but let not deceive ourselves. Christ is the head of the church and not a single member.

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http://www.hiswordxray.com/2016/04/when-christ-is-crown-lord-in-our-heart.html?m=1