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1 Elder Training Manual: Some Suggestions for Recruiting and Training Elders Allen HarrisNovember, 2013We live in a day of an abundance of Christian Training materials. But in my 35 years, serving as a Reformed pastor, the material I have heard the most need for is for selecting and Training of qualified men for the office of ruling Elder . It has been my experience that many small and sometimes struggling Reformed churches have had the same two or three ruling elders serving for ten or twenty or more years, with no additions in all that time. The pastors lament that there are simply no qualified men willing to serve.
Putting that together means that the summary of the elder's mission is to lead & feed, or to direct & protect. We see this in I Timothy 5:17, where Paul says, “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor...” (NIV). The Greek word translated “direct the affairs” in …
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