In this lesson And He Gave Some ...Pastors, The passage we read doesn't give a “three-fold job description” to the “five-fold ministry”!  The ministry of a pastor is one of the five-fold ministry gifts to the church. Pastoral ministry is shepherding ministry, and you can easily recognize a real shepherd!  A Pastor will be one whose voice the sheep recognize through an inner spiritual sense.  A Pastor will be sensitive to the sheep, “sit where they sit” and identify with them. They will “call his sheep by name,” having personal contact with them. A Pastor will lead the sheep into fresh pastures of the Word which he searches out. Sheep must always remember that they are different than another other animal! Without a shepherd they will wander astray and cannot find their way home.  Without a shepherd they are helpless and defenseless against their enemies. They need the shepherd to cleanse them, as they cannot cleanse themselves. They need the shepherd to lead them, as they cannot lead themselves.