Elders in the Life of the Church Small Group and accessible

and accessible

but at the same time it is permeated with the gospel of grace

and church/state relations

and insights on how to love others well during their time of need

Elders in the Life of the Church Small Group and accessibleMatt Schmucker & Phil Newton talk about their book Elders in the Life of the Church Paul and Barnabas made a decisive move toward the end of the first missionary journey: they appointed elders in the churches they had established, entrusting them with responsibility to shepherd the young congregations. The need for faithful shepherding has not changed since that time, yet the leadership structure of most churches no longer follows this model. The