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Book Synopsis Healthy Plurality = Durable Church: "how-To" Build and Maintain a Healthy Plurality of Elders by : Dave Harvey
Download or read book Healthy Plurality = Durable Church: "how-To" Build and Maintain a Healthy Plurality of Elders written by Dave Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what separates a healthy church from an unhealthy church when they have the same doctrine (and even methods) on paper? The long-term health and durability of a church simply cannot exceed the health of her elders who lead, teach, shepherd, and pray the church forward. Therefore, building and maintaining a healthy plurality of elders is the key to durability. Yet a healthy plurality is a delicate thing working through hardship and the difficulties of relationship while pursuing the noble task of eldership. If you wish to grow deeper in your theology of eldership to lead with a healthy, biblical vision of plurality, then this is your "How-To" guide. DAVE HARVEY serves as the Executive Director of Sojourn Network and a Teaching Pastor at Summit Church in Naples, Florida. Dave chairs the board for the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) and has traveled nationally and internationally doing conferences where he teaches Christians, equips pastors, and trains church planters. He is the author of When Sinners Say I Do, Am I Called, Rescuing Ambition, and Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls. Married for 36 years, Dave and Kimm have four kids and two grandkids.
Book Synopsis Elders Lead a Healthy Family by : J. R. Miller
Download or read book Elders Lead a Healthy Family written by J. R. Miller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elders Lead a Healthy Family explores the biblical paradigm for shared leadership: elders as the spiritual "big brothers" and shepherds to the family of God. This book is a fresh biblical alternative to the standard fare of pragmatic church leadership. Delivered in a winsome and irenic style, the book addresses the key concerns of our day, including pastoral burnout, women as elders, women and the pastoral gift, power in leadership, abuse of power in ministry, ministerial pay, and fostering missional-leadership structures. The answer to so many of the problems facing the church is not more coaching or better education. The answer requires our churches to change the very structures that foster abuse, isolation, and burnout. If we hope to save our pastors, then we need our pastors to abandon the "pastor-as-CEO" model of leadership. If we want to reach the lost, we need a systemic change in the way we plant, grow, and maintain our churches. Instead of putting a solo leader at the top of "Church Incorporated," we need to build teams of elders, doing ministry together, as they lead the family of God.
Book Synopsis The Plurality Principle by : Dave Harvey
Download or read book The Plurality Principle written by Dave Harvey and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building and Sustaining a Thriving Leadership Culture Essential to every healthy church is a biblical model of leadership. In the New Testament, church leadership is built around a team of elders working together, each bringing his own unique skills and gifts to the cause of shepherding the flock God entrusted to them. However, in many churches today the principle of plurality in leadership is often misunderstood, mistakenly applied, or completely ignored. Dave Harvey encourages church leaders to prioritize plurality for the surprising ways that it helps churches to flourish. This book not only builds a compelling case for churches to adopt and maintain biblical elder pluralities guided by solid leadership but also supplies practical tools to help elders work together for transformation. Download the free study guide.
Book Synopsis A Reconsideration of the Plurality of Elders in the Local Church by : Stephen A. Comfort
Download or read book A Reconsideration of the Plurality of Elders in the Local Church written by Stephen A. Comfort and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The New Testament Requires a Plurality of Elders for Local Church Leadership by : Earle Chute
Download or read book The New Testament Requires a Plurality of Elders for Local Church Leadership written by Earle Chute and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Church Transition to Plurality of Elders by : Joshua Alan Remy
Download or read book Church Transition to Plurality of Elders written by Joshua Alan Remy and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A desire among evangelical churches in denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention to return to biblical forms of leadership have led a number of churches to examine what seems to many to be the biblical model of a plurality of elders. Many new Southern Baptist church plants are starting with this type of polity, but some already established churches desire to make a transition in their church government as well. Some of these churches fail at this transition and experience discord. Some succeed and see great fruit. This case study examines one traditional Southern Baptist church’s experience in transitioning from a single elder congregational model to a plurality of elders. The research examines the time before, during, and after the change in polity by surveying members, interviewing specific groups of the congregation, analyzing documents from during the transition, and through the observation of the researcher, who was a guiding participant in the change. Chapter 1 introduces the research problem. Chapter 2 examines the foundation set by the precedent literature in the arguments for and against a plurality of elders along with a literature survey of organizational change focused on the church. Chapter 3 outlines the case study research methodology. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the findings of the research. The goal of this case study is to provide others with an illustration of best practices and challenges that a church may experience in a transition to plurality of elders and hopefully ease the path of change.
Book Synopsis Plurality Of Elders by : Stephen Pearl Sweetman
Download or read book Plurality Of Elders written by Stephen Pearl Sweetman and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should church evolve over time, or is there some kind of Biblical pattern for Christians to adopt and follow throughout history? I will attempt to answer this question as it pertains to church leadership in my book entitled, "Plurality of Elders."
Book Synopsis The Plurality of Elders in New Testament Church Government by : Steven William Dorman
Download or read book The Plurality of Elders in New Testament Church Government written by Steven William Dorman and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Treatise on the Eldership by : J. W. McGarvey
Download or read book A Treatise on the Eldership written by J. W. McGarvey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exceptional work by J. W. McGarvey sets out in detail church governance at the local level; how pastors administrate their congregation, and how a good church should operate. At the time this book was first published in 1870, new churches were being regularly established on the frontiers of the expanding United States. Meanwhile growing populations in the established areas led to a demand for more churches. Knowing how to properly set up and maintain a church was difficult and mistakes were common; thus McGarvey authored these lectures, that readers might comprehend what the office of church eldership entails. The function of the church as a teaching authority, as an organizer of communities towards both common effort and a shared understanding, is discussed. Each chapter focuses upon a different aspect of church administration; how elders are to qualify themselves, arrange to meet, organize for events, and fulfill their duties to the community. The book commences by asking whether the New Testament offers a model for churches; in proving this notion, the author frequently quotes scripture. Although arguably superseded by more modern guides to church administration, J. W. McGarvey's text remains a favorite among those in the field or aspiring to become effective pastors or leaders. For decades the author educated Christians on a variety of religious subjects; through experience, McGarvey came to learn how churches become successful, function well and help to build a strong community in a given locality.
Book Synopsis Educating and Motivating the Membership of Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville, North Carolina to Adopt Elder Plurality as a Church Polity by : Jonathan Samuel Bowman
Download or read book Educating and Motivating the Membership of Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville, North Carolina to Adopt Elder Plurality as a Church Polity written by Jonathan Samuel Bowman and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Testament (NT) regularly describes a polity of pastoral plurality in the first-century, local churches. By extension, then, this prescriptive pattern transcends to every NT local assembly. Regrettably, many churches experience a leadership vacuum due to a lack of pastoral accountability and shared responsibility. Thus, the project director sought to develop a strategy conducive to adopting an amendment to the bylaws that requires a plurality of elders in the church polity at Peace Haven Baptist Church in Yadkinville, North Carolina. Through this strategy, the project director emphasized the biblical model of plural eldership. Although Peace Haven Baptist Church has a storied history of solid leadership, in recent years the leadership exhibited lesser answerability and teamwork. The project director examined several ecclesiological and pastoral periscopes including, but not limited to, Acts 14:23; 20:28; Phil 1:1; 1 Tim 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; and 1 Pet 5:1-4. These biblical passages comprise the scriptural pattern of plural eldership as it relates to the local church. The project director also explored various commentaries and monographs that shaped his perspective on church polity that every local church should maintain a plurality of pastors in its spiritual oversight. This form of church polity aligns directly with the scriptural description from the apostles. Based on this research, the project director collaborated with three expert panel members and several church leaders to develop four apologetic-based sermons on the subject of plural eldership in the local church. Peace Haven Baptist Church traditionally held to a senior pastor model, but this polity proved somewhat challenging under the previous pastor. Additionally, such an approach contradicted the modus operandi and instruction of Paul's ministry outlined in the book of Acts and in several of his letters. Churches today would do well to follow the elder-leadership model described in the NT: (1) observing Luke's description of the plurality of elders in the local church at Ephesus (Acts 20); (2) recognizing Paul's appointment of multiple elders in local churches (Acts 14); and (3) Paul's instruction to Titus to implement elders in the churches of Crete (Titus 1:5). In the process of this doctoral program, the project director experienced a much-welcomed education on biblical pastoral leadership along with a stronger dependence on the Holy Spirit and Scripture to fulfil God's will for this local church. Although the project director found the program work arduous, the amendment adoption to the bylaws made all the challenges worthwhile in that it positioned the church leadership and membership to grow and mature spiritually at a higher capacity.
Download or read book Elders written by Pj Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Elders, PJ shares how to build healthy, happy and effective eldership teams that get the best out of the leader and the team. This book is ideal for training potential elders and revitalizing existing teams of elders. PJ has been developing elders for many years. He has planted and led churches in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the USA, and leads the Advance Movement of churches. He is the author of Crossing the Line of Faith, Through the waters of Baptism and How the Gospel Moves from Friend to Friend. He lives in the greater Washington D.C. area with his wife Ashleigh, and three sons. "This is the best book on eldership I have ever read." Andrew Wilson, Author of Spirit and Sacrament. "Theologically rigorous. Eminently practical. Incisive and persuasive." Sam Storms, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma. "A book built on scripture and honed in the trenches of real-life ministry." Larry Osborne, Author of Sticky Church. "A treasure trove of practical wisdom. Truly a gift to the church." Brett McCracken, Senior editor, The Gospel Coalition. "This is one of the best books I've read on eldership in the local church." Josh Kouri, Frontline Church, Oklahoma. "Brave, timely and reorienting. This feels like the book PJ was born to write." Joel Virgo, Leader of Newday Youth Festival. "A solid and inspiring workbook to help you build wisely." Terry Virgo, Founder of the Newfrontiers movement of Churches.
Book Synopsis A Theology on Plurality of Elders by : E. Ray Moore
Download or read book A Theology on Plurality of Elders written by E. Ray Moore and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Elders in the Life of the Church by : Phil A. Newton
Download or read book Elders in the Life of the Church written by Phil A. Newton and published by Kregel Ministry. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newton and Schmucker convincingly demonstrate that a return to the New Testament pattern of elder plurality best serves the shepherding needs of the local church. The authors suggest a workable process for improving a local church's leadership structure and making the transition to elder plurality. Stories of church leaders provide a narrative of how faithful elder leadership has strengthened their ministries in a variety of settings. Every local church can benefit from this useful resource for building a healthy leadership structure.
Book Synopsis What Is an Elder-Led Baptist Church? by : Todd Morikawa
Download or read book What Is an Elder-Led Baptist Church? written by Todd Morikawa and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a plurality of elders the biblical form of church leadership? Is Congregational government biblical? "What is an Elder-Led Baptist Church?" answers those questions in the affirmative and attempts to show how they are complementary ideas in Scripture.
Book Synopsis Albion's Seed by : David Hackett Fischer
Download or read book Albion's Seed written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-14 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
Book Synopsis Seeing Like a State by : James C. Scott
Download or read book Seeing Like a State written by James C. Scott and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Download or read book Logic written by Vern S. Poythress and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the well-rounded Christian looking to improve their critical thinking skills, here is an accessible introduction to the study of logic (parts 1 & 2) as well as an in-depth treatment of the discipline (parts 3 & 4) from a professor with 6 academic degrees and over 30 years experience teaching. Questions for further reflection are included at the end of each chapter as well as helpful diagrams and charts that are appropriate for use in high school, home school, college, and graduate-level classrooms. Overall, Vern Poythress has undertaken a radical recasting of the study of logic in this revolutionary work from a Christian worldview.
