Sermons About Elder
1 Timothy 1:1 (PM)
Adam begins a series in the pastoral epistles, three letters written to young pastors that are full of application for our church. In his opening, Paul presents the high priority of defending the flock from error and guarding the truth revealed in God's Word. In verses 1-7, Paul exposes the content of false teaching and the motives of false teachers, both of which should cause the young elder Timothy great concern.
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The Measure of a Man
Using the backdrop of Fathers' Day, this sermon utilizes the call of an overseer found in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 to explore not only the measure of a leader...but the measure of all men.
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Hopeful Church
In 1 Peter 5:1-7, we see that a hopeful church begins with its leaders and practices an informed humility.
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Led by Elders, Served by Deacons pt. 2
What is the biblical pattern for the roles of elders and deacons? In this series, Pastor Schumacher examines the role of deacon.
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The Local Church: Led by Elders, Served by Deacons (Part I)
The word “elder†is used over 20 times to refer to an office in the local church. In this sense, we could define elders as follows: The elders are a group of men, called by God and conformed to the Gospel in sound living and sound doctrine, who are set apart by the congregation to oversee and pastor the local church by teaching, ruling, caring for and equipping the saints, as loving and humble examples of Jesus Christ.
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The Local Church: Congregationalism - Defending & Displaying the Glory of God in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
It is that way with a church? If a gaggle is nothing more than a group of geese, is a church really nothing more than a gathering of Christians? It doesn’t matter how they organize themselves. If you get enough Christians together in one place, isn’t that a church? Or, could it be that God has said something in his word about how Christians are to organize themselves as a local church?
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Don't Look a Gift Morse in the Mouth
Most churches and many pastor’s for that matter believe that the pastor is the one responsible for building the church. He is the chief servant, missionary, trustee, visitor, etc. This being the case, most pastors resort to the ‘whatever works’ mentality. If my paycheck depends on people coming in and the appearance of numerical growth then I will do whatever it takes. I have been asked to kiss a pig, cut my hair off, and preach from the roof of the building. I know of churches that give away cars, offer week-long vacations, cash prizes, and various other enticements in order to ‘build’ the numbers in the church. That is not what we see here.
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The Ox - Qualifications of an Acts 29 Church Planter
Even a cursory reading of the Bible reveals that when God wants to get something done He starts by selecting a man to lead that change. And, church planting is no different. Simply, before God can build a church plant He must build a church planter. Acts 29 exists to find the men who sense that God has called them to plant a church, assess those men to see if they are indeed qualified for God to begin His work with, train those men and help them to plant a church that will, in turn, plant other churches. Therefore, we are very particular in seeking a particular kind of man and this article is intended to clearly articulate what type of man we are seeking.
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