Problems in the Lord’s church? Surely there must be some mistake! Yet, we all recognize that there are problems in the church today. As a minister of the Gospel, I have not had the pleasure of working with an eldership of a local congregation. But I have seen the turmoil and frustration that a lack of proper leadership has produced within the church. To this end I have asked several faithful and knowledgeable brethren to each write a chapter for this book. The content of this book shows their many years of experience in the ministry with a combined experience over 100 years of faithful gospel preaching. The intents of this book are two fold:
To shed light on the need of scriptural leadership.
And to show that proper leadership is to let all of the members know that they are a part of the church and not just participants.
Does this book have all the answers? NO! Each writer was asked to write their chapter in their own way based on experience and I firmly believe that as you read each chapter the book becomes a starting guide to help congregations and brethren to understand leadership the Biblical way. Is there a perfect leader outside of Christ? No, we all have our deficiencies, including knowledge or ideas on how to lead the church without an eldership.
Today the Church is in turmoil because of the false teaching of some, change agents trying to depart from the revealed truth. Many members worship without Elders, hence the title of this book. And to those men who are concerned with trying to lead the church today but are unsure of the “How to”. This book was created to be helpful to them.
May this book be used for the Glory of the church.
Tom Thomas, Editor
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