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Our first Elder Discipleship session is December 29^th. You can sign up here.

The purpose of the National Center for Family Integrated Churches is to “promote and facilitate healthy family integrated churches.” One of the critical components of this is equipping elders because a student becomes like his teacher (Luke 6:40) and the church will become like the elders that lead it. 

A critical need

One of the greatest needs in the church today is the supply of qualified elders. When I ask leaders what their churches need most, four out of five say, “qualified elders.” Everywhere I go, this is the cry.

In the same way that healthy families spring from healthy fathers and mothers, healthy churches are the result of godly elders. The appointment of godly elders is critical because they have a reforming influence on the church, for they “set in order the things that are lacking” (Titus 1:5).

A new generation of church reformers

The ultimate purpose of this elder discipleship program is to contribute to a rising generation of gospel centered leaders who will take care of the church of God – God’s way. For, without qualified gospel centered leaders, how will we have gospel centered God pleasing churches?

A local opportunity for your home church

This program is designed to be used in your own church, by gathering a group of men who desire to grow in this area. It is a strategically packaged course that exposes participants to the biblical directives for church life.

Establish study groups poised for action

We pray that study groups will be formed and that the principles will be applied in real church life in order to “take care of the church of God” (1 Timothy 3:5) This should not be used simply as an academic exercise but as a resource to stimulate fruitful service within the local church.

Local church application

Application in the local church should be the focal point of our study. The books we will read and the discussions we will have, are meant to be applied in your local church setting. Elder training without a local church context, falls short of the biblical purpose.

The enormous importance of this is shown in Paul’s words to the elders of the church of Ephesus on the beach of Miletus, when he said, ‘Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood” (Acts 20:28). This shows us the value of the actual work of an elder. It is valuable because a blood bought people are a valuable people.