Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church

In order to define biblical eldership, we must go back to the only God given, authoritative source, the text of Holy Scripture Church history demonstrates the disastrous consequences of drifting from the light of Scripture This book fulfills the need for an in depth study on the topic, based in the vast treasure of God s Word. New Download [ Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church ] by [ Alexander Strauch ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Strauch s book on eldership is a thorough examination of the New Testament texts and expounding what this means for the elder, and in many places, what it means for the congregation.The book is long on Scripture and exposition, making this a well argued, biblical approach.Highly recommended.In my years of being a pastor s kid, then a worship leader, and now training for pastoral ministry myself, I ve only grown in my conviction that biblical church leadership is of utmost importance.Much of the spiritual deadness we see in the modern evangelical church is directly attributable to unbiblical leadershipstructures, or disqualified men in leadership, or both Strauch sBiblical Eldership is really a modern masterpiece of addressing what the Bible teaches on how God desires His ...This is a great book on Biblical Eldership The author has done a lot of research and study into this topic from numerous sources, there is a 28 page bibliography included for all those who read footnotes Strauch shows without a doubt how a Biblically based Christian eldership should function, justifying the books subtitle An Urgent Call To Restore Biblical Church Leadership , in an age where ...An excellent basic overview of the officer of elder The strength of the book is the exegesis of various passages, such as I Timothy 3, 5 and Titus 1 on the office of elder I also appreciated his sections on Acts 15, James 5 13 18 and Hebrews 13 17 I did not necessarily agree with all his conclusions, but his work on these passages provided a lot of food for thought I would recommend it to anyone interested in being an elder I had two questions that he did not answer well First, how much of An excellent basic overview of the officer of elder The strength of the book is the exegesis of various passages, such as I Timothy 3, 5 and Titus 1 on the office of elder I also appreciated his sections on Acts 15, James 5 13 18 and Hebrews 13 17 I did not necessarily agree with all his conclusions, but his work on these passages provided a lot of food for thought I would recommend it to anyone inte...Alexander Strauch has written a solid treatment of elders as they were meant to be by the Bible.At least half the book is exposition of Scripture texts related to elders a real strength You need a team of multiple elders who are humble servants who can teach and apply Scripture to the flock in a caring and truthful way I can see this book being a God send to Baptist or non denominational congregations that begin to realize they should have elders and wonder where to start.It feels like the Alexander Strauch has written a solid treatment of elders as they were meant to be by the Bible.At least half the book is exposition of Scripture texts related to elders a real strength You need a team of multiple elders who are humble servants...Our church is in the process of transitioning to elders Our pastor encouraged us to research for ourselves the biblical justification for eldership, which is what led me to this book Strauch lays it out clearly that eldership is in fa...Very good Also read in April of 1991.Read and keep as resource This is an incredibly thorough and well organized look at the role of Elders in the church and the church leadership structure as organized by God in Scripture Strauch does a wonderful job setting out the argument for a the church being led by a plurality of Elders who are both shepherds and overseers of the church He also is careful to present elders as appointed leaders who are not ordained as a separate class of believers, but are leaders among the congregation Read and keep as resource This is an incredibly thorough and well organized look at the role of Elders in the church and the church leadership structure as organized by God in Scripture Strauch does a wonderful job setting out the argument for a the church being led by a plurality of Elders who are both shepherds and overseers of the church He also is careful to present elders as appointed leaders who are not ordained as a separate class of believers, but are leaders among the congregation The church is a collective priesthood, and elders are servant leaders with Christ alone as the head of the church.The one part I would like to see clarifiedis his use of the term ordination In an effort to not set Elders ap...One of the most biblically saturated studies on the office of Elder in the church This is a must read for any church leader, possible elder, seminary student, pastor, etc Anyone who desires to understand what Eldership Pastoralship is should read this book I d encourage church members to read this as well to better understand the qualifications of those who lead them and to be able to hold them accountable, encourage them, and pray for them As with most of Strauch s works, it focusses mostly One of the most biblically saturated studies on the office of Elder in the church This is a must read for any church leader, possible elder, seminary student, pastor, etc Anyone who desires to understand what Eldership Pastoralship is should read this book I d encourage church members to read this as well to better understand the qualifications of those who lead them and to be able to hold them accountable, encourage them, and pray for them As with most of Strauch s works, it focusses mostly on the texts that deal with the subject at hand In almost expository manner, he works through many texts, draws on application to the role of elders, and charges the church to be biblical in her organizi...I had to read this book as a pre eldership requirement It was a thorough reading of every scripture verse s on elders overseers, bishops, pastors He clearly explains what the Bible says about qualifications and expectations of elders This is not a practical book It is not a book about how to be a better leader This book is strictly exegesis on the scriptures related to Eldership The author goes through the greek and hebrew, cultural context, and historical understanding There is times I had to read this book as a pre eldership requirement It was a tho...

• English
• 25 May 2019
Alexander Strauch
• Paperback
• 337 pages
• 0936083115
• Alexander Strauch
• Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church