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In the OPC 3-office scheme (BCO, FoG, chs 6-9), the office of minister or teaching elder is first described, followed by three categories or functions one might be ordained or called unto: Evangelist, Pastor, or Teacher. I have seen men in the office of teacher in seminaries and in churches (usually not as the sole minister at that church). Nevertheless, the Teacher/Doctor is an ordained minister of the Word and Sacrament (clergy), over against being a Ruling Elder (lay). (The other 2 offices in the OPC are Ruling Elder and Deacon).
I think the designation "Teacher/Doctor" is not strange in Presbyterian circles, though it is much less common than "Pastor," as our ordinary (and smaller) church experience usually has it.
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
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