In religion how does a Vicar compare to a Pastor?
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the same thing, only different names "across the pond" (England and America)
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People who go to church are no different than people who do not.\nSome people are cruel and hartless and some are not.\nWhen dealing with humanity, expect the best and be prepared for the worst (in church and out).
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I'll attempt to explain in a way that dosnt confuse you further,\n\nAll Christians can be ministers.... when they do something for example witnessing... or if they do something for others out of service to the Lord they are "ministering" to that person. Because what they are doing is to give honor to the Lord and follow his teachings. A Pastor is actually the pastor of a church... he is there to bring the message each week yes.. but that is far from all of his duties. As a Pastor he is responsible for looking after the members of the church their spiritual needs, if they have a problem of some type he is there to provide help and guidance. Many people believe the Pastor is the head of the church.... as a Pastor myself i can tell you the Pastor is a teacher yes... but he is the servant of the church. A preacher is someone who preaches the word of God .... an evangalist is a preacher but he usually is not a pastor... he travels from place to place preaching in different churches... or for example the old "Tent camp meetings"... while he is an Ordained Minister he does not Pastor a specific congregation.  Some churches may have members that are Ordained Ministers but they do not evangalize or travel... they attend a home church and may preach on occassion when the Pastor is sick or out of town .... they are preachers.\n\nI hope this helps you and does not confuse you further.\nGod bless you :)
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Yep - me too. The difference between the preacher at your local church and these guys is money and power. As Dante said, power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely. So unfortunately, if a preacher has good intentions when he starts it is almost guaranteed that he will become corrupted by the money, power & fame of televangelism (with one exception - Billy Graham). But I don't worry too much about the people you named - people will believe what they want to believe. It's frustrating at times, but Jesus is the message. And the people who seek Him will find Him. That's why God uses the local church to save the lost & minister to the community. May God bless you & your friends.
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have you checked with your parish priest?
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The ideal salary for a pastor is to live at the median level of their congregation. \nThe 3 pastors in my family all went for 3-7 years of training, and live below a financial level of most middle-income people.\n\nThe few that make the big bucks do not comprise the majority of pastors.
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Because many people do not exert the effort to read the Bible.  The Bible, by the way, does not even support having a clergy class (which would include "pastors") in the first place.\n\nThe early Christian congregations described in the New Testament did not have such a class.  Instead, the responsibilities were shared by all members, who were guided by the older men.\n\nThere were "overseers", but this term seems to apply only loosely within the congregation.  They seem to be mainly responsible for coordinating activty between congregations and purging the congregations of those who would corrupt it with false beliefs.\n\nThe Bible tells us the the road to salvation is small and cramped and few will find it.  Don't look to an organiztion of tens of millions to know such a road.
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My father is a Reverend,Pastor,Preacher, Ordain Bishop or Minister which ever you prefer. He has been all this as long as I can remember, he has always has a job, beside being a father he has been a security guard when I was younger, he worked in a store, he used to work in a parking garage and now he has worked as a Teacher's assistant for 9 years!! He works with high school kids, he doesnt' get any money from the church, like other ministers, even though being a minister is a tough jobs and they should get paid as well as deacons. My father has made it to himself to work hard and provide for his children on his own.
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i believe that there are annual church conferences with representatives from churches all over who vote and decide on various things one of those being whether a pastor stays or goes. For example at my grandfathers church he had the same pastor for 10 or 11 years and then in the last 4 years they have had 3 different people.
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Charismatic??...hmmm...I guess.\n\nThe closest thing I have to a pastor is the DJ at the club where I dance.\n\nHe works behind a stand, says a few words,  and no one listens to him.  So I guess he's like a pastor.  And he's doing one of the waitresses behind her husbands back so yeah that's pretty charismatic.
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There is no "blanket rule", so it comes down to guidelines from the specific denomination, and at times, availability of a pastor or the specific facility.  E.g. always booked on Sundays for regular services, very buys on Saturdays with services or preparations for Sunday, the pastor is tired on Mondays, and needs a "one day breather".\n\nIf you have a specific church/facility in mind, ask them for their guidelines/availabilities, and reasons for it.
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I'm not terribly sure about this but I think that someone who is ordained is someone that has felt the calling to do something...in almost all cases this has to do with reverends.  It's never really used any other way.\n\nSomeone who is licensed to preach is someone that is accepted by a major baptist organization such as the Southern Baptist Convention.  Usually they feel the calling too, they just have the paperwork and the classes given in Seminary as well.
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Church, and church related functions.
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Religion attempts to formulate our relationships with one another and with God.  Relationships are real.  Prophets are concerned about how we treat one another and get along with one another.  People come closer to God by coming closer to one another.\n\nOne other way Christians express the reality is by stating then that people come closer to Christ by coming closer to one another.  What you do for one another you do TO ME.  That is what Jesus says.\n\nChurches are big on preaching what to do, but churches (all of them) are human institutions and flawed.  Churches are often the worst when it comes to practicing what is preached.\n\nSo a true prophet is interested in our relationships, and in people.  Churchs are interested in the business side, the money, the rules, the restrictions.  God never intended to start any business.
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This is a question for the great and powerful Rev Trask! A Baptist minister doing Gods work , however I would believe Mainworry first, I think.
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It is the Lord's administration.  The Lord assigns some to be Apostles, Evangelists, Prophets, Pastors & Teachers. (Eph.4:11)\n\nAnyone can call himself a Pastor, but that doesn't mean he is a Pastor called of God.\n\nIn Christianity, if a person isn't called to be a Pastor by the Lord Jesus Christ, person isn't really a true Pastor (even if he does start his own church).  Pastor not called of God to be a Pastor is really a hypocrite.  Or, if a born again Christian, doing something in their own understanding that isn't the Lord's calling and won't be successful.
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I've seen both There r alot of questions I choose not to answer u can usually tell the ones that r spoiling for an argument and I won't argue or debate. I just pray for them and move on.\nI think some r really tryuing to minister to others and some just want to be right. I try to minister the best I can with the Lords help and sometimes the best we can do is be still.