et, a teller of future
events. See Acts 21:10, 11 and Acts 11: 28. Philip the evangelist had four
daughters who did prophesy, or expound or explain the Scriptures. An
evangelist is one who announces good tidings, while an apostle is one who
plants churches or goes into new localities, and through whose preaching
people are saved and a church thus planted. The mission of an evangelist
is to visit those planted churches and water them. "I have planted,
Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." 1 Cor. 3:6.

Bishop is from the Greek "_episkopos_," and means a superintendent or
overseer. Pastor is from the Greek "_poimen_," and means shepherd or
feeder or overseer, the same as bishop; consequently bishop and pastor are
the same, an overseer or shepherd. The word "overseer" occurs but once in
the New Testament: "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the
flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the
church of God." Acts 20:28. Overseer in this text is translated from the
Greek "_episkopos_," from which same Greek word we have the word bishop.
Paul was then addressing bishops, and tells them to feed the church of
God. Now a pastor is a feeder; therefore bishop and pastor are two words
used to denote the same office. To note the qualifications of a bishop or
pastor as set forth in the New Testament will doubtless be edifying to the
reader.

What A Bishop Must Be.

A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; patient, ruling well
his own house, a lover of good men, just, holy, temperate, etc. See 1 Tim.
3:2-4: Titus 1:7, 8.

Blameless. This word is synonymous with spotless, faultless,
irreproachable. A person or thing is blameless when it is free from fault.

The husband of one wife. No one can meet the New Testament requirements
for bishop or pastor who has two wives, though one be divorced.

Vigilant. He must be so watchful as to early discover danger of any kind
and use the utmost precaution to avoid it.

Sober. This word is not applied only to freedom from intoxication by
spirituous liquors, but is synonymous with calmness, quietness, grave,
sedate, steady, serious, solemn, etc. The Greek "_sophron_" for sober in
these texts means sound mindedness.

Of good behavior. Their conduct must be free from levity, folly, or
anything that tends to degrade morals.

Given to hospitality. (Lover of hospi