Biblical Eldership Church Leadership

Biblical Eldership

one person. Multitudes of churches are oblivious to the moral and spir itual qualifications outlined in the New Testament for church shep herds. Worldly attitudes of bigness, power, self-promotion, and suc cess in “the ministry” are deeply ingrained in the minds of too many church leaders. This is why I have subtitled the book “An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership.” Biblical eldership requires a biblical church leadership structure and a biblical leadership style, both of which desperately need fresh clarification and Spirit-empowered restoration. Part Two (chapter 6) is a biblical defense of the doctrine of elder ship. Part Three (chapters 7 to 13) provides fresh, in-depth exposition of all the biblical texts on church eldership. It is the heart and soul of this book, and the solid-rock foundation upon which the five major features of biblical eldership are built. I am fully convinced that if rev erent, accurate exposition of God’s Word will not convince Christian peOple of the nature and importance of biblical eldership, then nothing will. I hope that this book will not only fulfill a need for an in-depth, biblical study, but will inspire many others to search the vast treasure of God’s Word. Precious truths, no doubt, still await discovery.