Leading One Another: Church Leadership

by Bobby Jamieson

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2012

Overview

Because it can be abused, leadership is a risky business—both for those in it and those under it. But God has good plans for leadership within the church. This study explores God’s plans for authority by focusing on God’s revelation of himself as shepherd, and how God calls leaders to image him. The rest of the study looks at the special responsibilities and roles within the church, fulfilled by elders, deacons, and church members themselves.

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Key Features

• Explores God’s plans for authority
• Discusses the special responsibilities and roles within the church
• Works for both church-wide and small-group studies

Contents

• Is Authority Bad?
• God, the Shepherd of His People
• Elders: Ministers of the Word and Shepherds of the Church
• Finding the Right Men: Qualifications for Elders
• Deacons: Servants of the Church
• Your Responsibility for the Church

Top Highlights

“While any absolute distinction between the two offices is difficult, deacons are generally concerned with the practical details of church life: administration, maintenance, and the care of church members with physical needs.” (Page 13)

“Elders are especially devoted to prayer and the ministry of the Word for the church, while deacons help to sustain the church’s physical operations.” (Page 10)

“First and most fundamentally, we who are Baptists are congregationalists (lowercase c, referring to a practice). We believe that the Bible teaches that the final decision on matters rests with the congregation as a whole, not with a church’s elders or anyone outside the church body. When Jesus was teaching his disciples about confronting a sinful brother, he said that the congregation was the final court of appeal—not the elders, not a bishop or pope, not a council or convention (Matt. 18:17).” (Pages 10–11)

“Elders lead, but they do so, biblically and necessarily, within the bounds recognized by the congregation. In that sense, elders and every other board or committee in a Baptist church act in what is finally an advisory capacity to the whole congregation.” (Page 11)

“If God has so gifted a certain man in the church with exemplary character, pastoral wisdom, and gifts of teaching, and if, after prayer, the church recognizes these things, then he should be set apart as an elder.” (Page 9)

Product Details

• Title: Leading One Another: Church Leadership
• Author: Bobby Jamieson
• Series: 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guides
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 64
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Christian leadership
• Resource ID: LLS:LDNGNNTHR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.study-guide
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-08T17:22:10Z

About Bobby Jamieson

Bobby Jamieson is a Ph.D. student in New Testament at the University of Cambridge. He previously served as assistant editor for 9Marks and is the author, most recently, of Going Public: Why Baptism Is Required for Church Membership (B&H, 2015).