Church Elders (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)

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Emphasizing purposeful ministry over project management, this book outlines a clear and concise job description for elders, helping church leaders to shepherd their congregations well Part of the 9Marks Building Healthy Churches series. Best Download [ Church Elders (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches) ] author [ Jeramie Rinne ] – kino-fada.fr Jereamie Rinne s book is a great concise book on church elders It s worth reading this with those who elder with you or who you are raising up to be elders Several chapters are excellent My favorite chapter was his final one on making prayer a primary task of an elder.An excellent primer on the essence of eldership in the local church This is just the little book on eldership that the evangelical Church needs For years, I have searched high and low for an accessible book that introduces biblical eldership which doesn t devolve into either a technical treatise on ecclesiology nor a how to manual that relies on debatable insights from the world of secular organizational theory And here it finally is Rinne successfully avoids secondary polity and pragmatic qu An excellent primer on the essence of eldership in the local church This is just the little book on eldership that the evangelical Church needs For years, I have searched high and low for an accessible book that introduces biblical eldership which doesn t devolve into either a technical treatise on ecclesiology nor a how to manual that relies on debatable insights from the world of secular organizational theory And here it finally is Rinne successfully avoids secondary polity and pragmatic questions while staying strongly theological and practical on both what an elder is and does Need proof Check out these chapter titles which edify all by themselves Smell Like Sheep, Serve Up the Word, Track Down the Strays, Lead Without Lording, Shepherd Together, Model Maturity Church Elders does a good job of neither glorifying the position nor denigratin...For some reason I put this book down for a while, but I shouldn t have If you re a pastor it will convict and encourage you and drive you to pray I d encourage every elder to read it, and it would especially helpful for young men considering pastoral ministry.This was a very helpful and refreshing book It is designed specifically, I think, for lay elders in mind and I love that You don t have to go to seminary to be an elder but you do have to study and know the office before you become an elder This would be a great resource for anyone who desires to be an elder or even current elders for a continual testing This is a book I will keep on my shelf and hand off to anyone thinking through the office The most helpful chapter for me was his last cha This was a very helpful and refreshing book It is designed specifically, I think, for lay elders in mind and I love that You don t have to go to seminary to be an elder but you do have to study and know the office before you become an elder This would be a great resource for anyone who desires to be an elder or even current elders for a continual testing This is a book I will keep on my shelf and hand off to anyone thinking through the office The most helpful chapter for me was...Jeramie Rinne does a great job of pointing to the relevant passages, think through what an Elder Pastor should be like and presents a healthy model of shepherding in churches today I found this a great introduction to the topic and as with t...This short book was key in helping me to understand the biblical mandate for elders and how I need to begin praying in that direction.Good stuff for aspiring elders and already active ones, too This is a solid, honest, and biblically faithful introduction to shepherding being a pastor elder among a local church May God raise up many men who will lead in the ways this book reminds us that God has called shepherds to lead.2017 This is proving every bit the versatile tool for training church leaders that I had hoped Both our current elders and a group of younger aspiring elders have benefited from reading it together.2016 Biblical, challenging, concise, well packaged Before I d finished reading this I ...Very concise and practical guide on what makes a biblical church elder, modeled after the Chief Shepherd Jesus I gave copies to some lay men in our congregation and the response has been very positive The chapters on smelling like sheep and prayer were worth the small price of the book in ...A great, short, account of the role of an elder in the local church Extremely accessible and helpful to those looking to be an elder and those currently elders to be reminded

Church Elders (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)
  • English
  • 14 September 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 146 pages
  • Jeramie Rinne
  • Church Elders (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)