and also in 1 Peter 5:2. Pastors had charge of a given church, but it is not at all certain that at this time any one man had the sole responsibility over a given church. Both in Acts 20:28 and in 1 Peter 5:2 the role of pastor is defined as that of “overseer,” and in 1 Peter 2:25 Christ is called “pastor and overseer of your souls”* As teachers these people presumably instructed a given congregation in the facts and the faith of the Christian religion. In a number of languages pastors and teachers
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