God's Model for the Church

The church gathering does not need to pay for a preacher, the men of the church should preach, teach, and lead without being paid, this is the Biblical model. The Biblical model is a plurality of elders led by the Holy Spirit, not a seminary educated by man.

No one should be paid in the local church gathering and all local gatherings should be autonomous from all the others even though they can work together at times. Each gathering should have a plurality of leadership, no one seen as more special than anyone else.

Every believer in all the gatherings has the Holy Spirit, all should listen to one another as the Holy Spirit leads. You see, the Holy Spirit is our leader not men.

The modern church committing to a paid pastor educated by human seminaries leads to all the compromises and false doctrine coming out of the churches today. In short, it leads to apostasy.

The following passage was given to all born again believers.

John 16:13

"13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."

Yes, if we are wise we listen to the wisdom of others and we share ours because we are a family who cares about one another.

2 Timothy 4:2 "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."

The 2 Timothy verse was given to all believers. We are to be ready all the time to handle every discussion according to the Word of God. Some people have a special calling to preach but that does not mean that all others are excluded from sharing what the Holy Spirit has imparted to them.

Galatians 5:26 “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another”

If we walk in humility we do not seek to be superior to others. We love to discuss the things of God, everyone allowed to express what is on their heart as well as being attentive to hearing others who have something to share.

Bottom Line: No one is superior to anyone else and everyone has something to share.