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    Elders and the Elderhood: In Principle and In Practice
    Elders and the Elderhood: In Principle and In Practice
    Elders and the Elderhood: In Principle and In Practice
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    Elders and the Elderhood: In Principle and In Practice

    By JACK GAULT

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    This book explores the principles of church leadership that are set out in the New Testament and how they can be applied in practice today in Churches of God.

    CHAPTER ONE: RULE AND AUTHORITY

    CHAPTER TWO: ELDERS IN ISRAEL

    CHAPTER THREE: APOSTLES, ELDERS AND PROPHETS

    CHAPTER FOUR: ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH

    CHAPTER FIVE:  ELDERS - BISHOPS

    CHAPTER SIX: THE WORK OF ELDERS

    CHAPTER SEVEN: THE CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES

    CHAPTER EIGHT: THE PROCESS OF DECISION TAKING

    CHAPTER NINE: CONTINUITY OF DIVINE RULE

    CHAPTER TEN: ELDERS IN CHURCHES OF GOD TODAY

    CHAPTER ELEVEN: GIVING ACCOUNT

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateDec 13, 2016
    ISBN9781540185525
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      Elders and the Elderhood - JACK GAULT

      FOREWORD

      CHRISTENDOM HAS DEVELOPED various forms of church leadership. A well known example is the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope at its apex and authority delegated downwards through cardinals, bishops and priests. The Anglican Church has its organisation of archbishops, bishops and clergy. The Orthodox Eastern Church is a federation of regional churches, each headed by its own bishop, with the Patriarch of Constantinople as head of the Federation. Each of these religious systems has proved to be of enduring strength and cohesion, but they are of human design and contrast sharply in many respects with revealed truth of Scripture.

      As the free church movement flourished in the wake of the great evangelical revival under the Wesleys, there was a broad division of view about forms of church government. Some favoured the integrating of their churches in close unity. Others insisted on a congregational pattern, with strong emphasis on the independence of each local church.

      The nineteenth century saw a deep spiritual revival through the so-called brethren movement. This derived from a new appreciation of such vital scriptural truths as believers being all one in Christ Jesus, fellow-members of one Body, and the blessed hope of the Lord's return for His Church. The Holy Spirit stirred the hearts of many Christians towards the simple observance of the Remembrance of the Lord Jesus. It was a movement of great significance and potential. Had it developed to its logical conclusion in fulfilment of scriptural principles of church association and leadership it could have been a great power for God. Sadly, at an early phase the movement split into two main camps. One group adopted a highly centralised system of leadership, first based in one of its London assemblies, but later vested in a succession of outstanding personalities. The other branch of the movement went to the opposite extreme by developing a form of congregational rule well summed up in the description the rule of the assembly by the assembly for the assembly.

      Within this second group, a century ago, the Holy Spirit stirred concern about a truly scriptural basis of leadership. Experience had shown that diverse teaching and practices had developed as a result of the existing congregational arrangements. This could only be remedied by a return to the inter-assembly cohesion and unity which obtained in apostolic times. After futile attempts to bring about reformation within the Open Brethren movement, there was established assemblies in fellowship on the pattern of New Testament churches of God. Scriptural principles of leadership were sought out and applied. Their wisdom and effectiveness have been confirmed by experience for well over a hundred years.

      This book summarizes those principles and illustrates how they have worked out in practice both in apostolic and in modern times. It is commended to the reader as a lucid and constructive contribution to the subject, pointing the way to God's plan for Christian leadership.

      CHAPTER 1: RULE AND AUTHORITY

      ADAM, HEAD OF THE CREATION

      The delegation of divine authority to men goes back to the very beginning of the human race. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28).

      In his ordained vocation, Adam, the first man, was given supreme authority to rule upon the earth. He had been created with the God-given ability to rule and govern. As lord of creation he had the physical and intellectual qualities which were necessary to enable him to carry out this responsibility, and it would appear he did this for some time. God tested Adam, however, and it is the sad record of God's Word that the man who ruled the earth failed to rule himself. He would not obey the command of the Lord, but became disobedient and brought disaster not only upon himself but also upon the whole of the creation under his control.

      "And unto Adam he said, Because thou has hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the

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