Blogs Posts on "Elders"

Resourcing Elders by Per Crucem ad Lucem on Nov 3, 2009It’s not unusual for me to be contacted about reading resources, and typically it’s not too difficult to recommend some appropriate text(s). Today, I was asked what resources there are for elders serving in the Presbyterian/Reformed tradi...

Halloween Party 2 by Free Themes Store on Aug 15, 2009Here is a nice halloween party flyers. Halloween Party has its own uniqueness and well celebrated amond young and elders equally. This party flyer is very easy to customize. Just download these flyers and start editing to create good looking flyers.

Examining the Ministry: Towards a Plurality in the Ministry (2) by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 14, 2009This week, briefly, we have been examining the minsistry in the Church. As I have stated several times, growing up in a monarchical ministry has caused me to see things differently. Now, I believe that instead of one alone, the ministry of the local...

Examining the Ministry: Towards a Plurality in the Ministry (1) by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 13, 2009Growing up in a fundamentalist church, I easily excepted the idea that one man alone made the decisions for the congregation. I found it odd the first time that I set through a Baptist business meeting, and odder evens till when the Pastor asked perm...

Examining the Ministry – The Example of Paul by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 12, 2009We are given very little evidence of the role of a minister in the Apostolic Church (the Church governed by the Apostles, as found in the New Testament) so we must turn to the single person who gave us our pastoral examples – the Apostle Paul.

Examining the Ministry: Goals and Qualifications by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 11, 2009The Goals of the Ministry are Simple: Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son th...

Examining the Roles of Clergy: Goals and Qualifications by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 11, 2009The Goals of the Ministry are Simple: Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son th...

Examining the Roles of Clergy – Introduction; Purpose by The Church of Jesus Christ on Aug 10, 2009“All too often those ‘in charge,’ be they clergy, boards, vestry, sessions, or what have you, tend to think of the church as ‘theirs.’ They pay lip-service to it being ‘Christ’s church, after all,’ then proceed to operate on the basis...

Voodoo Health Care by Conservative Blogs Central on Jul 21, 2009Sarcoramphus PapaKing Vultureaka "African Yeswecan Bird" Polemaetus BellicosusMartial Eagleaka "Bird of Truth"From deep in the heart of the jungle, near the slopes of Kilimanjaro came the cry of the African Yeswecan bird---freemed, freemed, freemed a...

Time to Grow: Female Deacons by The Church of Jesus Christ on Jul 13, 2009There comes a time to grow as a person and as a Body. I believe that this is one of those times for me. It’s been building, over the past few weeks, and although gestation may not be complete, I believe that I know what it is - It concerns wome...