- - Train your elders:  
- - A church is a ministry.
- - Churches should not be run as a business.
- - Even though there are similarities between being run as a ministry or run as a business, churches are to be guided spiritually by appropriately and faithfully following the principles contained in the Scriptures, whereas businesses are guided financially by aggressively following the principles that produce a profit.
- - Therefore, elders who direct the affairs of the church need to be trained in how to run a church as a ministry.
- - Failing to adequately train every elder is to allow the running of the church to default to being run as a business.
- - In the same way that people need to be trained in how to do ministry, so too elders need to be trained in how to run the church as a ministry.
- - Head pastors, you should have as a very high priority and thereby be consistently implementing the ongoing training and refining of every one of your elders on how to run the church as a ministry (see 2 Timothy 3:17).
- - An "Elder Training Series" (located near the top of the "Home Page - Ministry" web-page on this website www.BelieverAssist.com) is available to assist in accomplishing this objective.
- - Or you can start your own training with your elders by doing extensive studies of the numerous applicable verses that are contained in the Books of 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyrights:
Copyright © 2024 Mel W. Coddington, and permission is hereby granted that this document may be used, copied, and distributed non-commercially to non-profit organizations, individuals, churches, ministries, and schools worldwide, provided the copies are distributed at no charge and retain this sources documentation as supplied herein. This document is not for sale, resale, or for use as a gift or premium to be offered in connection with solicitations or contributions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File name:  trainyourelders.htm
Source:  www.BelieverAssist.com