Ano ang pagkakaiba ng Reverend, Pastor at Brother?

Ranking lang yan na ina-assign o ina-award ng religious congregations ayon sa mga standards nila.

May mga grupo na pag nakapasa ka sa specific standards nila, kung anu-ano man yun—ay bibigyan ka ng title na “Rev.”

Ngayon, kung nagpapastor ka at hindi ka pasado sa standards nila o taga-ibang grupo ka na hindi nila nire-recognize o ino-honor, “Pastor” (lang) ang itatawag nila sa iyo—at least a description of what you do.

O kaya kung talagang ayaw ka nilang i-honor pati na ang congregation na kinabibilangan o pinamumunuan mo, pero ayaw naman nilang magmukhang sobrang disrespectful, “Bro” ang itatawag nila sayo.

Gawain yan ng mga religious, church o academic groups who think very highly of themselves and appropriate unto their self-appointed authority the “power” to give or deny such titles.

Some humble leaders do not even want to be called by high-sounding titles; they even volunteer to “demote” themselves and ask to be called by less affected appellations.

Those titles are meaningless. It’s what God thinks of you and what you really  fruitfully do in ministry that matter. None of  Jesus’ apostles ever carried or were accorded titles. Not even Jesus asked to be called  “Reverend.” On the Father is reverend.

Sabi nga ni Shakespeare, “ What’s in a name? ...A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet…” Or a foul-smelling blossom, by any other name, would still smell as bad.