OT: Harry and Christianity - Pastor or MInister

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 159468

---  "Jordan Abel" <random832 at ...> wrote:
>
> > montims:
> > I hadn't heard that, but strictly speaking, if that 
> > were the case, it would be "minister" not "pastor",
> > as she is Church of Scotland...

> Random832:
> 
> I thought the CoS were Presbyterians, who IIRC have 
> pastors. (Church of Scotland is not Church of England.) 
> I read about who uses what terms recently, but it was
> wikipedia, and incomplete at that.
> 
> -- 
> Random832
>

bboyminn:

We are straying off-topic here, so we shouldn't let this 
aspect of the thread stray too far. 

As to Pastor and Minister, where I come from they are
essentially the same, but are used in a different 
context.

For example-

It is perfectly acceptable to say -

"Pastor Johnson is the minister of our church."

'Pastor' is a title similar to 'Doctor' or 'Mister'.

'Minister' is a job description; carpenter, lawyer,
baker, minister. One is never Minister Johnson. It
is either Reverend Johnson or Pastor Johnson.

So, 'Reverend Johnson and his brother Pastor Johnson
are ministers of their respective churches'.

Just as on might say that-

'Father Johnson is the priest of the local Catholic
Church.' 

'Father' and 'Priest' mean the same thing but they are
not used interchangably, any more than 'Reverend' or
'Pastor' are used interchangably with minister.

So....? Clear or Cloudy - you be the judge.

Steve/bboyminn