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Eldership Qualifications: Temperate, Sober-Minded, & Self-Controlled

Eldership Qualifications: Temperate, Sober-Minded, & Self-Controlled

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I have recently been studying a variety of topics with a lady. Not long ago I suddenly realized she had doubts about the reliability of the Scriptures! I was completely taken off guard. We immediately stopped the discussion of the subject at hand and focused on this new issue. How can we study any subject if we don’t have confidence in the source of information? I believe that every word of Scripture is inspired. That means every word is important…

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Eldership Qualifications: Faithful Children

Eldership Qualifications: Faithful Children

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I ended my previous Christian’s Expositor article on the qualification of “husband of one wife” with the following: An Elder is not the only one in his family who is subject to the qualification requirements and process. Not only must he qualify individually, his family is also included in the qualifications. All in the family are subject to the same process of evaluation and approval for the qualifications that apply to them. Any part of the family who fails to…

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Eldership Qualifications: The Husband of One Wife

Eldership Qualifications: The Husband of One Wife

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The elder qualification, “husband of one wife” is listed by Paul in both 1 Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6. This qualification, like all other requirements, is an area of an elders life where he “must be blameless” (1 Tim. 3:2). By implication, this qualification adds to the emphasis of elders only being men, “if a man desires the position of a bishop…” (1 Tim. 3:1), “if a man is blameless…” (Titus 1:6). Interestingly, the word translated “men” in these verses…

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Eldership Qualifications: Blamess

Eldership Qualifications: Blamess

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Scattered throughout the Old Testament, one finds many examples of men and women whom God calls blameless. The patriarch Job is one of the most inspirational characters in the Old Testament Scriptures. For centuries, God’s people have read his story and marveled at his patience and trust in God. His story begins in this manner: “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God…

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A Perspective on Eldership Qualifications

A Perspective on Eldership Qualifications

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It is not difficult to define the word “qualify” or “qualification” from a secular dictionary. “Qualify” is “to make fit or capable, as for an office (function), occupation or privilege.” “Qualification” is “the act of qualifying or the state of being qualified.” It is what fits a person for a particular task or to partake in a given function, so understanding the qualifications becomes important to every person. Furthermore, defining of the terms referencing the appointed elders is important for…

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The Eldership: An Overview

The Eldership: An Overview

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Not long ago a brother suggested that congregations with elders tend to weather religious storms with greater ease than those who are led by evangelists. As I considered this observation it became evident to me that this brother had perhaps put the proverbial finger right on the real issue. When it comes to leadership in the local congregation, God’s design is that elders be ordained to guide the flock. While Ephesians 4:11-12 certainly emphasizes the role of the evangelist, it…

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Scriptural Support of Preachers

Scriptural Support of Preachers

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By Greg Whittaker For most of my life, I did not give much thought to supporting preachers. I grew up in a small congregation in Colorado. We had no preacher in the area; did not have the wherewithal to host any regular meetings; and we had few visitors. As I got older, the preachers I knew rarely complained and I had never heard a single sermon on the subject. So, I hardly gave it more than a passing thought. But…

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

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In the spirit of “honor to whom honor” is due, David writes in Psalm 139:14, “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…” With the ever-increasing knowledge of our universe and the ability to explore with high-powered microscopes that which is invisible to the naked eye, the truth that was so obvious to the psalmist three thousand years ago has become many times more evident. The marvel of the human body is a gripping testimony to the…

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Must I Wash Your Feet?

Must I Wash Your Feet?

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I read recently about a preacher who travels on foot across the United States and other countries carrying a large wooden cross and a large bowl from which he washes the feet of those he meets. His reenactment of Jesus’ act of loving service garners attention and a venue to share the gospel, but did Jesus bind foot washing on all Christians? It looks like He did if you read only John 13:14-15, “If I then, your Lord and Teacher,…

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Is the Bible Anti-Slavery?

Is the Bible Anti-Slavery?

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  We are so familiar with barbaric forms of slavery that we naturally consider all forms of slavery inherently evil. We see the cruelties of the Egyptian pharaoh and the abuses in American history against African-American slaves and we recoil. Slavery is not merely a problem of the past. Recent studies show as many as 30 million people living in slavery today in 162 countries. Research indicates that there are 14 million people living as slaves in India. These unfortunate…

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