13 Bible Verses about Pastors

It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.

And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;

For indeed a presiding officer, as God's steward, ought to be blameless, not self-willed or quick-tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre;

Is any in good spirits? Let him sing unto his harp. Is any one of you ill? Let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

"But we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word."

And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

not by way of lording it over your heritage, but by becoming examples to the flock.

This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task." The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching; no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;