Ampte: Die predikant as lerende ouderling

Is predikante afgesonder van die ander ampte?  Wat is die kwalifikasies en karakter van predikante?  Wat is 'n preek?  Hoe moet woordverkondiging benader en bedien word?  Hoe lyk die praktiese bediening van 'n predikant?   "There is an urgent need for courageous preachers in the pulpits of the world today, like the apostles in the early Church who "were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God with boldness". Neither men-pleasers nor time-servers ever make good preachers. We are called to the sacred task of biblical exposition, and commissioned to proclaim what God has said, not what human beings want to hear. " - John Stott