Pastor vs Elders

There is no such thing as 'The Pastor' in the New Testament.

There is one office of unpaid men of God operating in plurality in each ekklesia. These men are alternately called Elders, Overseers, Shepherds, or Teachers.

'Pastor' occurs only one time in the NT, in Eph 4:11. The Greek word there is poimen (poy•MANE). Poimen is used a total of 19 times in the NT, but every single other usage is translated as 'shepherd'. 'Shepherd' is one of four NT ways to refer to the elders of the ekklesia: 'elder', 'shepherd', 'overseer', and 'teacher'. (The word 'overseer' is the literal translation wherever you see the word 'bishop'. Since everybody knows that 'bishops' are unbibilical clerics who wear fantastic costumes and funny hats, like the Impressive Clergyman in The Princess Bride, 'overseer' is clearly the better term for this position.)

You can see these clearly linked together in Acts 20:17-28, Titus 1:5-7, and 1Peter 5:1-5.
In Eph 4:11 the Greek links 'shepherd' & 'teacher' together: "..some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some 'shepherds and teachers' ". (With that in mind you can better better see Paul's line of thinking in I Timothy 2:12 - 3:7: "And I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man..(however)..if a man desires the position of an overseer, he desires a good work."

In Acts 20:17-35, Paul plainly teaches that the elders of the ekklesia are to work to support themselves, not to be a special class supported by the ekklesia.

Acts 14:15, Acts 20:17, Phil 1:1, and Titus 1:5 clearly indicate that there are to be a plurality of elders in every ekklesia.