Lin

What is even more confusing is how they have institutionalized the church with such things as ‘offices’. Seriously, who were the pastors of the churches at Ephesus, Corinth, Antioch, etc., just to name a few.

Think about ‘pastor’ in today’s sense and then try and answer that question. Was there only one church in Ephesus? What was considered a church in the NT? A gathering in the homes? Did each one have a pastor leading it? How often is the term ‘pastor’ even used in the NT?

If elders were so important then how come ALL the Epistles were not addressed soley to elders of those churches?

Some things just do not add up.