I want to talk about a rather obscure word for a very important concept that affects just about everything about life in the local church. Polity. Small word. Big implications. Let’s dive in. So…what is polity? Polity is church government. Polity, at its root, answers the question ...
Now that we've examined elders in our last two posts (part 1, part 2) in this series, we will turn our attention to the biblical role of deacons in the local church. In this post, we’ll examine three primary questions: What is a deacon? What do deacons do? Who can be deacons? What is ...
In this second post of a 3-part series on elders and deacons, we’ll briefly look at 2 questions about elders from Scripture: Who can be an elder? What do good elders do? Who can be an elder? This question is best answered by looking at the qualifications God’s Word gives for ...
In this first post of a 3-part series on elders and deacons, we want to examine the two local church offices outlined in Scripture. We’ll spend two posts looking at the topic of elders and one post on deacons. In this post, we’ll briefly look at 5 primary questions about elders from ...
