Father V.S. Pastor

As many know Catholics, Orthodox, and Anglicans refer to their clergy as father but while I was talking an Anglican friend of mine she said:
"I know longer feeling comfortable calling my priest father", and so I had to ask "Why?"
She said "while I was reading my Bible last night I came across Matthew 23: 8~12."
I replied "If I'm not mistaken that is where he says 'call no man your father' isn't that it?"
She said "That's right! So d0 Lutherans refer to their clergy as father?"
I replied "I've never heard my pastor called father, however I believe clergy should be called father."
she replied "Why, what about Matthew 23:8~12?"
I replied "while he does say not to call anyone father, but in that same verse he says not to call anyone your teacher and you called people teacher even in church 'Sunday school teacher'. Also I believe the Rabbis he was talking to were Rabbis just for the title. While Elijah was being taken to heaven Elisha called out to Elijah 'Father! My Father!' and Paul in Corinthians talks about his followers as his children : 'am not writing to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children. Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love who is faithful in the Lord' (1Corinthians 4:14~17). Paul also speaks of Timothy as a son 'To Timothy my true son in faith' (1Timothy 1:2) and then refers to him as son in 1Timothy 1:18, 2Timothy 1:2 (but he adds dear instead of true), and refers to Onesimus as son saying 'I appeal to you for MY SON Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains' (Philemon 10). Finally while I was read my Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings (Second Edition) at the top of the page where it say "Two Kinds Of Righteousness" it also says "By the Reverend Father Martin Luther".
She said "Thank you for thank information... now it wont be as weird when I call my priest father''.