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Biblical Leadership
by Henry Lepke
We encounter a variety of leadership structures in today's churches: hierarchies, solitary pastors, male and female pastors, diaconates that function more like elderships, and a variety of other leadership types. The important question is not which one is the most functional, but which one is biblical. This article explores four types of biblical leadership and recovers the biblical pattern for spiritual leadership in Christ's church.
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by Henry Lepke
We encounter a variety of leadership structures in today's churches: hierarchies, solitary pastors, male and female pastors, diaconates that function more like elderships, and a variety of other leadership types. The important question is not which one is the most functional, but which one is biblical. This article explores four types of biblical leadership and recovers the biblical pattern for spiritual leadership in Christ's church.
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BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP
by Henry Lepke We encounter a variety of leadership structures in today's churches: hierarchies, solitary pastors, male and female pastors, diaconates that function more like elderships, and a variety of other leadership types. The important question is not which one is the most functional, but which one is biblical. This article explores four aspects of biblical leadership and recovers the biblical pattern for leadership in Christ’s church:
1. Overview of Biblical Roles in the Church Jesus Christ the Head Jesus Christ is the foremost leader of his church.
Apostles Apostles are emissaries who are sent by a person or a church to fulfill a specific task. Some of them ended up being 'pillars' of the church of Jerusalem.
Elders Elders are interchangeably called overseers, shepherds, pastors and leaders in the Bible. All of these titles are being used for the office of spiritual leadership and merely describe different attributes of the same role. Note: specific scripture references will be given under the next heading (2. Leadership in the Early Church).
Deacons Deacons are men appointed by the church to take care of practical ministries such as overseeing the physical welfare of groups in the church, finance, building and grounds maintenance, etc. While the qualifications for this role stipulates them be spiritual men, they are NOT spiritual leaders among God's people.
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