The power-trip of eldership has gone straight to some people's heads. Here's the Biblical reason why elder authority is confined to its jurisdiction. I think we all look back at thoughts of ourselves and grimace from the cringe, from time to time. My moment of cringe-grimace comes from sitting across from a church planting catalyst from the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Phil, in the Pizza Den in Hoxie, Arkansas. “So, we’re going to have an elder-rule church,” I told him. I had met with Phil to discuss planting a church with a former college friend. I had already planted...
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