Combating False Teaching: An Essential Duty of Pastors in Defending the Church

As a faithful steward of the gospel, it is the sacred duty of every pastor to combat the proliferation of false doctrine within the church. This is the urgent exhortation the Apostle Paul gave to his young protégé Timothy in the opening verses of the first epistle bearing his name. The book of 1 Timothy serves as a guide for pastors on how to lead and o…