Bishops, Elders, and Pastors

Colin Smothers created a Venn diagram to illustrate the overlapping usage of the words bishop, elder, and pastor in the New Testament. He writes about it in Pastor, Elder, and Overseer: A Baptist View -- “Baptists have historically equated the terms ‘pastor,’ ‘elder,’ and ‘bishop’/‘overseer,’ thus understanding all three terms to speak of the same office.”

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