Establishing Elders

We are presenting our first Elder 'candidate' this Sunday. Brad and I serve as elders already, and have evaluated this man's personal testimony of Christ, doctrinal statements, family and personal vision of ministry. This has been a long process, but a very rewarding one. We are actually presenting one man this weekend and another men next weekend.

This is exciting...to see this church begin with a purely Biblical form of leadership and governance.

Mark Driscoll has written an excellent series of articles on establishing an Eldership in a church plant. Here it is...

"Even a cursory reading of the Bible reveals that when God wants to get something done He starts by selecting a dude to lead that change and works through that dude. Examples include sparing humanity (Noah), founding a nation (Abraham), liberating a nation (Moses), establishing a throne (David), building a temple (Solomon), preparing hearts (John the Baptizer), reaching Gentiles (Paul), and redeeming creation (Jesus). Therefore, a church cannot be successfully planted and expect to survive if it is not led by a dude who obediently follows God as He speaks through Scripture and leads through the Spirit. Therefore, in addition to meeting the requirements of an elder, there are additional responsibilities that a church planter must be willing to embrace and execute if he hopes to be the dude. They include the following:" click here to read more ...