Three posts from Ligon Duncan on the The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson website/blog. Reproduced from 2002, the content is sound and timely.
Here are Duncan’s six head-points:
(1) we need elders who want the work, not just the status of an elder;
(2) we need elders who are godly men – because character, godliness, holiness is God’s great qualification for an elder;
(3) we need elders who are able to teach, that is, who are able to convey God’s truth to disciples;
(4) we need elders with godly homes and families, and who are aiming for godly homes and families;
(5) we need elders who are spiritually mature and not recent converts (they are “old” in the faith, though not necessarily chronologically); and
(6) we need elders whose moral reputation is good with local non-Christians (and in our day and time, we could add, with other churches’ members as well).
“Elders We Need, Part One.”
“Elders We Need, Part Two.”
“Elders We Need, Part Three.”
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