Editing Pastor (section)

===Baptist===
[[File:Martin Luther King Jr NYWTS.jpg|thumb|Baptist pastor [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]]]
The term "pastor", in the majority of [[Baptist]] churches, is one of two offices within the church, [[deacon]] being the other, and is considered synonymous with "elder" or "bishop" (though in [[Reformed Baptist]] churches, elders are a separate office).<ref name="Pinson2010">{{cite web |last1=Pinson |first1=Wm M. |title=Two Church Officers: Pastors and Deacons |url=https://www.baptistdistinctives.org/resources/articles/two-church-officers-pastors-and-deacons/ |publisher=Baptist Distinctives |access-date=28 October 2019 |language=en |date=2010 |quote=Baptist polity through the years has affirmed two scriptural officers of a New Testament church, pastor and deacon. |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028125021/https://www.baptistdistinctives.org/resources/articles/two-church-officers-pastors-and-deacons/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, ''The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2005, p. 64</ref>

In larger churches with many staff members, "senior pastor" commonly refers to the person who gives the sermons the majority of the time, with other persons having titles relating to their duties, for example "worship pastor" for the person leading singing.<ref>Steven D. Brooks, ''Worship Quest: An Exploration of Worship Leadership'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2015, p. 145</ref>