I think it's largely a matter of terminology. We talk about "pastoral care," and there are courses tailored to that.
God alone gives the gifts and understanding and as all wait on the Lord these things manifest in the meetings if men do not hinder them and quench the spirit by man made traditions and tootles and time frames etc.Christ works in every part of the body to effectually work to the edifying of itself in love (Ephesians 4:15,26). And Hod alone gives the gift of pastors or other gifts. No man can give himself this or study into a gift. Now, it is true we are to teach in the body in Christ and this will happen if God can freely move among us. But what hinders this is what we have been talking about,
1 Corinthians 2: 1. And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God… 11. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
1 Corinthians 12: 7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal… 11. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ…. 14. For the body is not one member, but many. 15. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16. And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17. If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18. But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. …28. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.”
1 John 2: 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
But what we really mean by that is care for someone's spiritual wellbeing, and that is undertaken by people with different gifts; the five-fold ministries and others.
All the body can minister to one another as Christ works in every part freely. We do not read of any Bible schools or degrees or flattering tilted like “master of divinity” etc. Jesus said call no man master. One is our master and that is Jesus.
The gifts and the roles don't necessarily neatly overlap.
It depends what sphere you are talking about. If in a body freely edifying eachother as they are directed to do by the spirit in scripture. But if you refer to a Bible school or seminary etc. I have not seen apostolic courses or prophet courses etc. But we see pastoral studies or courses. There are even job listings in the Bible schools for those who get degrees and want to be a pastor in a gathering. These things are not right or scriptural. Elders plural, who may be an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastors and teachers gifts, are known in the body as they labour among the saints and home grown not a superstar from outside. Unless they visit as apostles prophets etc. But they must meet the requirements by the body who know them and thier life as 1 Timothy 3 mentions.
And the study required for ministry is not only in pastoral care,
This was the name of the courses I was referring to . I could find many proofs of this from many so called Bible schools and seminaries. It would be a longer post.
anyway; it's in Biblical languages, and study of the text, and theology, church history, ethics, liturgy, prayer and spirituality, and so on. And some understanding of those things is good for anyone who will take on responsibility in leading the church.
God teaches and gives ability for whatever is needed on the gift they are given by God and the body will edify itself in Christ love,
And Christ leads his church. There is never seen one man or woman over a church as the head who is exalted above others on a platform where all face forward and look at the back of each others heads to him. Not one verse.
Ignorance is not a virtue.
By not allowing the body to function properly and putting a one person pastor gift over all with elders under them is according to Gods commands as shown by Paul, ignorant.
1 Corinthians 14: 37. If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.@
No believer who walks in the Spirit and has gifts from God and is in Christ is ignorant. But. If believers trust in man and man’s wisdom and traditions and by doing so they make of no effect the scriptures and Gods order and commands the. That is ignorant.
2 Corinthians 2: 11. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
Some natural fleshly men of the past as sone of today have wrongly assumed that the apostles abd believers were ignorant who had not had the sane high learning as them etc. But they were in Christ and not ignorant
Acts 4: 13. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
The key is to be with Jesus and hear him and have Him effectually working in us and that is where all knowledge, gifts, understanding and ministry comes. Not by mens natural wisdom.
2 Corinthians 3: 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 6. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”