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Originally Posted by 2020Vision
We aren't building rules. We are just answering the question of the post. Making friends among your flock is not wise. Not sure what your dad's relationship was. I'm close to my pastor, but I don't treat him like I do everyone else. I guess, to me, it was sounding like Prax was saying since the Pastor is human like all of us, there should be no differentiation in our relationship. Maybe I'm wrong.... That's what I was getting out of it.
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what I was saying is that a Pastor can have as a friend someone in the church that is not a Pastor and that the saints should always view the Pastor in terms of his office and his humanity.
I am not talking about treatment though in terms of friendship. Im talking about relationship,. As I said I am not saying the Pastor and every member of the church should be close friends. Im saying there is nothing wrong with the Pastor having a close friendship with a saint on an intellectual level. I know of Pastors that go hunting with some of the men in the church. They go out like buddies.
It is not practical for the pastor to be close friends with everyone as even a non pastor is not close friends with everyone
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