Elders and Leaders: God’s Plan for Leading the Church, A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Perspective
Overview
Gene Getz was used to having all the answers. So when his seminary students started asking questions he wasn’t prepared to answer, he abandoned the syllabus and led his students on a soul-searching journey through the Scriptures. Now after thirty years of hands-on experience and continued biblical research, the former professor turned church planter delivers what he’s convinced is God’s plan for church leadership in Elders and Leaders: God’s Plan for Leading the Church. No church leader or leader-in-training should be without this valuable resource!
Top Highlights
“Rather, we must evaluate cultural insights against the backdrop of biblical truth—not the other way around.” (Page 30)
“Guideline 2: As we study a particular subject in Scripture, we must follow God’s unfolding revelation.” (Page 40)
“Guideline 4: We must make general observations that summarize our more specific discoveries.” (Page 41)
“Guideline 3: We must be sure to interpret Scripture accurately.” (Page 41)
“When we look at the total biblical story, it appears there is only one primary leadership role in the church; namely, elders/overseers who are responsible to manage and shepherd God’s people, just as fathers are primarily responsible to lead their families. Deacons, on the other hand, are qualified men and women who are to assist the elders/overseers in their pastoral ministries.” (Page 105)
This book is going to revolutionize your thinking, liberate your ministry, and become an overnight classic!
—Bruce Wilkinson, author of The Prayer of Jabez
My good friend and spiritual mentor Gene Getz has provided the church with a must-read book for all who wish to understand and apply God’s clearly outlined plan for leading his people.
Whatever your denominational orientation might happen to be, this book is a must read. Our dear friend, teacher, leader, and scholar, Gene Getz, has given us his magnum opus!
—Stephen F. Olford and David L. Olford
- Title: Elders and Leaders: God’s Plan for Leading the Church, A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Perspective
- Author: Gene Getz
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Series: Moody Church Leadership Collection
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 368
Gene Getz is host and teacher of Renewal Radio, has been a professor at Moody Bible Institute and Dallas Theological Seminary, and has authored more than sixty books. He has been a church-planting pastor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 1972 and now serves as president of the Center for Church Renewal and pastor emeritus of Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano, Texas.