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A plurality of elders provides a check against the “one man against the world” syndrome that has been seen so often in church history. Mutual submission within the eldership and respect for one’s fellow elders are wonderful antidotes to the “one man show” problem that almost everyone has seen in the church if they have ministered for any time at all. God did not gift any one man with all the gifts necessary to minister to the flock. It is wise in the extreme to recognize the plurality of elders as a gift from God whereby the full spectrum of needs of the flock can be met properly. | A plurality of elders provides a check against the “one man against the world” syndrome that has been seen so often in church history. Mutual submission within the eldership and respect for one’s fellow elders are wonderful antidotes to the “one man show” problem that almost everyone has seen in the church if they have ministered for any time at all. God did not gift any one man with all the gifts necessary to minister to the flock. It is wise in the extreme to recognize the plurality of elders as a gift from God whereby the full spectrum of needs of the flock can be met properly. | ||
The biblical evidence of the existence of a plurality of elders is undeniable.<ref>Daniel Akin et al., Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004), 271–284.<ref> | The biblical evidence of the existence of a plurality of elders is undeniable.<ref>Daniel Akin et al., Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004), 271–284.</ref> | ||
=False teaching on tithing going to the pastor= | =False teaching on tithing going to the pastor= | ||
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The pastor is the head of the church: | The pastor is the head of the church: | ||
: | :''...And anything wrong in the church, God will make you answer for it. That’s right. That’s the way He runs His church. That’s the way it is in the Bible. That’s the order of the Bible. That’s the sovereignty of the local church. '''The pastor is the head.''' That’s right. Amen.<ref>William Branham, 57-0922E - Hebrews, Chapter Seven #2, para. 292</ref> | ||
The local church is sovereign: | The local church is sovereign: | ||