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We do not have to leave our Denomination and Baptist Conventions in
order to be called and confirmed as the Bishop every Baptist pastor is according to the Bible (1Timothy, Titus) and Baptist doctrines, article XIII. Given
the high percentage of fights, challenging pastors for their authority in the
local church, pastors can use the confirmation and affirmation of the authority called forth each time they are called Bishop.
Since there is no Bishop over us but Jesus, the Bishop of our souls, we will
have to confirm each other as Bishops. Since there is no one under us but the
autonomous churches we pastor, we remain autonomous and remain in our
national, state and local Baptist conventions
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The Christian Reader September 2008
You are invited with hundreds of others to come together with Baptist pastors
to confirm each other as Bishops on November 8, 2008 at 11 a.m., at
Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church, 10325 Interstate Center Drive, Jacksonville, Florida, 32218. Join us and invite other fellow Baptist pastors to do
likewise. RSVP by calling 904-696-1770 or e-mail [email protected].)
Once you respond indicating your intention to attend, we will send you all
the specific information relating to associated fees, hotels, and other incidental expenses.
The Bible Says Being a Bishop is a Good Work
This is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desireth a
good work. (1Timothy 3: 1) Why would any pastor avoid or refuse to be confirmed and called a Bishop no matter who disapproves it? How can any pastor
call bad that which God calls good? We should want everything God has
ordained for us. Being a Bishop is a good work.
The Fathers of Our Baptist Denomination Defines Pastors as Bishops in
Article XIII of our Baptist Doctrines: It says of the Baptist church: “…that its
only Scriptural officers are bishops or pastors, and deacons, whose qualifications, claims, and duties are defined in the epistles to Timothy and Titus.”
If Pastors Are Already Bishops, Why Do We Have to Be Confirmed?
Confirmation is what Christians do. God creates, ordains and causes and
we are commanded to confirm through our confessions and witness what
He has created, caused and ordained. We are to confirm that God is the
only true and living God. We are to confirm that Jesus is Savior and Lord.
We are to confirm that which the Lord has or Z[