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Category: Elders in the Life of the Church

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  • Do churches need Overseers or Bishops? What does that even mean?

    Do churches need Overseers or Bishops? What does that even mean?

    Last week, we saw the role of the church elders and what is seen as the basic responsibilities of one who holds the elder position in a church body. The responsibility of the elder is essentially one of doctrinal authority in service to the body. In Elders in the Life of the Church, the authors…

  • What Is A Biblical Elder?

    What Is A Biblical Elder?

    “The danger facing modern congregations is to read into the Scriptures our twenty-first-century ideas about church government. We have added plenty of bells and whistles: directors of mass media, pastors of recreation, Sunday School committees, boards of directors, not to mention all the seminars and books that tell churches ‘how to do it.’ The drive…

  • The Unmet Need In Most Churches According to Scripture- multiple biblical elders

    The Unmet Need In Most Churches According to Scripture- multiple biblical elders

    “There were a couple of good, quiet, godly men who usually rallied the group. But few seemed to have the ability to look at God’s Word and heed its instruction for giving shape to the church. Inertia had set in years earlier. Uncertainty about the future had frozen the leaders and the congregation. I was…

  • A New Church Polity?

    A New Church Polity?

    When we look at the majority church in our day and compare that to how the Bible describes the church, we see two organisms that seem to be completely different. This is true even with regard to the polity (governing structure) of the church. In the 19th and 20th centuries, there has been a drastic…