05-Four New Testament Words Misused

I closed the previous chapter by saying that the widespread
corruption of the New Testament system of church care and
government has come about, in part at least, because believers have
taken four New Testament words and changed – warped – their
meaning. The words in question are pastor, minister, clergy and
ordain. I realise several other words have been contaminated
beyond recognition – ‘bishop’ among them – but I am trying to get
to the root of the problem as it exists among Reformed and
evangelical churches – dissenters in the main; in other words, nonepiscopalians.
‘Bishop’ does not seem to be a problem in such
churches. But ‘pastor’, ‘minister’, ‘clergy’ and ‘ordain’ are.