Biblical Eldership Church Leadership

CHAPTER 14 Appointment ofElders

“And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed withfasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.” Acts 14:23

dership relates to the process of appointing elders. It is in this area that many churches fail, with the sad result that unfit men are appointed as pastor elders, and/or qualified men are never developed or properly recognized. Most churches have two separate standards for the appointment process: one for the professional class, which is very demanding and thorough, and another for the so-called lay class or board elder, which is quite abbreviated. But this dual standard is without scriptural warrant. All pastor elders are to be fully qualified, formally examined, and publicly installed into office. In order to understand what is involved in the biblical process of appointing elders, we must first look at those who initiate and guide the appointment process, and then consider the major elements in the appointment process: desire, qualification, selection, examination, in stallation, and prayer. 5 nother misunderstood and sorely neglected aspect of biblical el

INITIATING AND GUIDING THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS

According to 1 Timothy 3:1 and Titus 127, a local church should have overseers. By definition, overseers supervise the activities of the

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