Eerwaarde is een titel, dienaar betekent dienaar, herder betekent herder

Reverend is a style, not a job. Minister means servant. Pastor means shepherd. Two of the three describe work being done; the third describes honour being given, and it is the only one of the three that never appears in Scripture as a title for a human being. Which is a useful place to start, because the confusion is not really about vocabulary. Reverend: a word that is owed, not held It comes from the Latin reverendus — “to be…