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So, You’re a Church Elder…Now What? A Review of Church Elders by Jeramie Rinne

January 1, 2015

I pastor a smaller, traditional Baptist church. We have a single pastor/elder, 2 (soon to be 3) deacons, and a board of trustees. This makes pastoral leadership a little bit of a lonely place. My long-term goal is for our church to have lay elders. But what do elders do? What’s our “job” (even if […]

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The Greatest Fight in the World: The Final Manifesto by C.H. Spurgeon

What do you tell a group of future pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders when you believe you may be near your final days? While Spurgeon could not have known that this would be his last major address to his students at the Pastors College, his words are stirring. For pastors, elders, and other congregational leaders,