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HOW DOES A CHURCH FUNCTION WITHOUT ELDERS?

HOW DOES A CHURCH FUNCTION WITHOUT ELDERS?. A Church Without Elders. Can a Church Exist Without Elders? Churches in Crete lacked something when they did not have elders Titus 1:5 Wisdom of God’s plan Ephesians 3:10-11

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HOW DOES A CHURCH FUNCTION WITHOUT ELDERS?

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  1. HOW DOES A CHURCH FUNCTION WITHOUT ELDERS?

  2. A Church Without Elders • Can a Church Exist Without Elders? • Churches in Crete lacked something when they did not have elders Titus 1:5 • Wisdom of God’s plan Ephesians 3:10-11 • The churches in Galatia did exist without elders until Paul and Barnabas appointed them Acts 14:23 • Howdoes a church function without elders? Matt. 18:15-20, Acts 6:1-6and Acts 15:1-30

  3. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Distributivefunction of members • All Christians are to look out for each other Hebrews 12:14-16 • All Christians are to encourage each other Hebrews 3:12-13 • All Christians are to assemble to encourage each other Hebrews 10:24-25

  4. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Distributivefunction of members • All Christians give as prospered 1 Cor. 16:1-2 • All Christians withdraw their company from marked brethren 1 Cor. 5:9-13 • All Christians are to do what they can for the Lord & for each other Ephesians 4:16 • Followthe authority of the head which is ChristEph. 4:15

  5. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Collective action of the local church • The churchmet to take care of church businessActs 6:2-6 • Apostles called the meeting v.2 • Everyoneattended v.2 • The apostles gave the guidelinesfor selecting deacons v.3

  6. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Collective action of the local church Acts 6:2-6 • Apostles explain why v.2,4(communication) • Everyonecooperated (was pleased) in the selectionof the men v.5 • The apostlesappointedthe deaconsv.6

  7. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Collective action of the local church Acts 15:1-30 • Church at Antioch (brethren in v.1) sent Paul & Barnabas to apostles & elders in Jerusalem about dispute over Judaism v.2-3 • Nota regional council • Not to learn doctrine (Paul already had it) • It served to confirm the word in Paul • Jerusalemwas the source of the problem v.1,5, especially v.24

  8. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Collective action of the local church Acts 15:1-30 • Met with the church and apostles & elders v.4 • Some Pharisees in the churchspoke v.5 • Apostles & elders met about this v.6 • There was much dispute v.7(see v.5) • Peter spoke

  9. How Can A Church Function Without Elders? • Collective action of the local church Acts 15:1-30 • Multitude was silent after Peter spoke v.12 • Paul & Barnabas spoke • James offered a solutionv.13-21 • Apostles, elders, withwhole church pleased to send letter and men as a solutionv.22, 23-25

  10. “Business Meetings” • Withor without elders Acts 6, Acts 15 • Whole church assembled for church business • Women silent in the churches 1 Cor. 14:34-35 • Men and brethren = malebrethren that spoke • On spiritualmatters of judgment, elders still make the final decisions

  11. “Business Meetings” • On spiritualmatters of judgment, elders still make the final decisions • On nonspiritualmatters of judgment, submit to each other Eph. 5:21, experts1 Cor. 16:14-16, younger men to oldermen 1 Peter 5:5, women to men 1 Cor. 14:34 • not majority rule,not minority rule, but unitedspiritual maturity rule 1 Cor. 1:10-13

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