MINISTERS

(See also Clergy; Evangelizers; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Priests)

angels: it-2 407; w06 1/15 4; rs 280; w86 12/15 29

Christian ministers: w18.10 11-12; it-2 408-409; w00 11/15 15-20; g00 7/8 26-27; om 5-12

“letters of recommendation” (2Co 3:1-3): it-2 408

“ministers of a new covenant” (2Co 3:6): w90 7/15 14-15; si 215; ws 108-112

needed: w91 12/15 25-26

no pastor can fulfill the ministry God gave to each believer (quote): w91 1/15 14

ordination: w01 1/15 12; w00 11/15 15-19

“other sheep”: ws 108

progressing as: km 1/15 2

qualifications to become: it-2 408; w08 7/15 28; w89 3/1 3-7

recommending selves (2Co 6:3-10): w98 12/15 19-20

requirements: km 8/93 1

serious sins: g92 5/8 26-27

whether homosexuals can be: g89 8/8 12-13

discussion: it-2 406-410

earthly rulers: it-2 409-410, 1045; w90 11/1 20

experiences:

spoken to on street: yb02 53-54

false ministers: it-2 410

Greek word: it-2 406-407, 635; w00 11/15 15-16, 19; g00 7/8 26-27; w89 3/1 5

Hebrew word: it-2 406

Jehovah’s Witnesses: od 71-86; w18.10 11-12; w00 11/15 16-19; w89 3/1 4-7; om 5-12, 81-110

Bethel family (Brazil, 1996): w98 12/1 21-22; yb97 15-16

contrast to clergy: w89 3/1 4-6

legal recognition (California, U.S.A.): g88 4/22 30

“letters of recommendation” (2Co 3:1-3): w90 7/15 13-14

ordination: od 72; om 82-83; w88 6/15 28-31

qualified: w02 2/15 24-28; w90 7/15 12-15

V.D.M. questions: jv 215

women ministers: ijwfq article 27; w12 9/1 23

Jesus Christ: od 71-72, 87; w18.10 11; it-2 407-408

example: w89 3/1 6-7

Levites: it-2 407

meaning of term: w89 3/1 3, 5

prediction that most will soon work secularly: w88 7/15 31

prophets: it-2 407

women: rs 432-433; w87 8/15 4

Anglican view: g93 8/22 19; g93 9/8 9

Bible view: bt 177; it-2 1197; g 7/10 28-29; w89 3/1 6; g87 7/8 22-23

Phoebe (Ro 16:1): it-2 635, 1197; g 7/10 28

Presbyterian view: g92 1/22 28

sexual harassment of: g91 6/22 29