A popular comedian-pastor once admitted that he wore several caps, some of them quite unholy. In his own words, he is only a pastor in church, but beyond. Anything is possible, including being a crooked businessman. Who could blame him for the latter? It’s near impossible to make it in business without bending a few rules here and there – families need to be fed.
Amidst laughter from his audience, who could have been congregants or a comedy audience, he warned his listeners not to refer to him as pastor if they ever bumped on him in the big, bad city, especially if he had company. He said the probability that he would be negotiating some shady deal were quite high; and invoking the word pastor could cost him contracts. Fair enough – the good book encourages honesty, and I think it is only fair if people likely to be looked up to should emulate him by reminding us that all saints are dead.