Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership

by Alexander Strauch

Book Overview

Biblical Eldership: an urgent call to restore Biblical church leadership.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936083034
• ISBN13: 9780936083032
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Lewis & Roth Publishers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Study Guide To Biblical Eldership An Urgent Call To Restore Biblical Church Leadreship

This book was purchased for my husband which he thoroughly enjoyed. Most points he agreed with, some he did not but he said he would definitely recommend it for elders to read. It is thought provoking.

Free Handouts to All Our Men

Our church (Wellsprings Church in Middleton, ID) gives out a copy to all of our men. It's our high recommendation to all of our men that they read it, and it is our prayer that each man develops a desire from the Lord to become an elder of our church. At least our hope is that it helps each man to shepherd their own family.

Excellent

This is an excellent study of the biblical teaching on church leadership. Strauch describes five essential aspects to biblical leadership; it should be pastoral, shared, male, qualified, and servant-hearted. The strength of the book is Strauch's relentless exegesis of EVERY NEW TESTAMENT TEXT on leadership! If he missed one, I haven't found it yet. But despite the scholarship, the book is readable and applicable. I would agree that the content of this book is potentially divisive. But that is no fault of the book. This is not a book on how to change church government. It is about what biblical church government is. How to get there from where you are is another issue. I, for one, would like to see Strauch write a book on "Transitioning a Church into Biblical Eldership."See also Strauch's books on Deacons (Minister of Mercy: The New Testament Deacon) and Meetings that Work - which is a life saver for any pastor!

Desperately need book

I have been an elder for 5 years and have felt that the general understanding was not based upon the Scripture. After an indepth study of the Scriptures I had come to the same conclusion as the author, but am not as able to explain it. This is the most important book written on the subject apart from the Holy Scriptures. Every church that is desiring to comply with the Word of God concerning church leadership needs to use this book for a concise presentation of the Eldership according to the Word of God

Topples Traditional Thinking on Pastor Led Christianity

As an Elder in a Bible believing church, I was shocked to find that our general way of doing business was in direct contradiction to the clear words of scripture. Questions of church structure are difficult because they are not consolidated into one verse or chapter. Some in our church suggested that there was no specific correct church structure given in the Bible. Others suggested that only traditional Pastors were qualified to lead a growing vibrant church. This book brings together every passage related to church leadership. It is a tremendous reference tool for analysing these various positions. Perhaps most importantly, it is written first as an examination of the Biblical text rather than an argument defending a denominational or traditional bias.Alexander Strauch makes the case again and again that a plurality of Elders is the only biblical structure for the church. There is solid exegesis of difficult passages. This weighty work distills the Biblical truth and clearly highlights the Biblical case for a group of Elders as God's plan for governing the local church.