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Essentials Of The Pastoral Ministry
- 1. (Centre for Pastoral Leadership and Management Training) ESSENTIALS OF THE PASTORAL MINISTRY (CPL 01) (The Pastoral Ministry in the Old Testament) Ezekiel A. Odeyemi The Meaning of the word The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines him as one who tends sheep, a pastor. To pastor is to guard and guide. It is to pilot, steer, conduct, show, direct, lead, and to route. In the literal sense, he is one who cares for a flock of sheep. The Hebrew word, ra’ah, is translated to shepherd, feed, tend, to pasture, to cause one’s heard to graze. Ra’ah has to do with tending and caring for one’s animals, particularly by providing them with good pasture. This verb occurs more than 170 times in the OT. From ra’ah (verb), we got ro’eh, which is translated ‘shepherd’ (The New Spirit-filled Life Bible) The exaltedness of the position of a shepherd David saw God as his Shepherd—Ps 23:1 God was called the Shepherd of Israel—Ps 80:1; Isa 40:10-11 (From these two passages, a pastor has personal and corporate roles to play in the lives of his/her people) Moses was a shepherd—Isa 63:11 Our Lord Jesus called Himself the good shepherd—John 10:1 Jesus Christ was called the Chief Shepherd—1 Pet 2:25; 5:4 Shepherds are leaders of the people The term ro’eh was used for the following classes of people in the OT: Priests— Prophets— Kings— 1
- 2. What do we learn about the pastoral ministry from the following passages? Isa 40:10-11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isa 44:28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isa 56:10-11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jer 23:1-4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
- 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jer 50:6-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eze. 34:2-5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eze. 34:6-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eze. 34:11-16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zech 10:2-6 3
- 4. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zech 11:15-17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assignment Do a word study on ‘pastor’ as found in the book of Jeremiah. We want you to reflect on the passages and the context in which it is used in each passage. Also outline the various lessons you learnt about the pastoral ministry in each passage. Read through the case study and summarize in not more than 250 words how pastors can avoid addictive behaviours. Send your answers to our mailbox info@eadeodeyemi.com 4