Our study of elders in New Testament churches has suggested that the concept of lay elders is not as self-evident as some of its advocates… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (4)
In considering the question of lay elders, we have seen that the New Testament describes but never prescribes a plurality of elders in a New Testament… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (3)
In some cases, “lay” elders are introduced into Baptist churches because those doing so believe that a plurality of elders is an explicit or implicit… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (2)
I’ll sometimes hear the claim from some men that a plurality of elders, made up of “staff elders” and “lay elders” in a local church,… Read More »Elders in a Baptist Church: Plural, Yea; Lay, Nay (1)