Old Testament Background As we look at the biblical teaching on church leadership structures and roles we need to begin, as with so many New Testament teachings, in the Old Testament, where it would appear the foundations have been laid for us. It does seem clear that the New Testament practice of church elders stems…
Here is the audio of this post In the last study we saw that the clear and unavoidable teaching of Scripture is that elders are plural. However, even where there is a plurality of elders, more often than not, at least in my own experience, there is a lack of conformity with the second thing…
Here’s the audio: As we look at church leadership structures and roles, it becomes more and more clear to me that so often tradition carries more weight than the clear teaching of Scripture. How right the 19th century Swiss Reformation Historian d’Aubigne was when he is reputed to have said something along the lines of,…