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1. Leave it empty. There are retired preachers/pastors in every state as well as lay workers. I helped a number of churches for 30+ years in small communities and this is workable. Even in our own church, we had 3 elders, all volunteer, all bi-vocational 2. We would deal with it as elders...

WHAT TO EXPECT : Doxological (glorifying God) in a lifestyle and ministry that lives in submission and obedience to God’s Word. Biblical and reformed in doctrine (London Baptist Confession of 1689), preaching and teaching the whole counsel of God’s Word Elder led, father-focused, turning the...

Began church plant with formal weekly Bible study/prayer in September 2004 Organized with 3 elders January 9, 2005 I retired April 11, 2021 We were a unique style of church and in those 16 years we had many come for brief visits. Other came regularly for 6 months-2 years and then moved on. As...

In my last church (I was the teaching elder; we had other elders with ministries of shepherding, oversight/superintending, etc). As my health failed with age, we worked with one of the elders to take over as the teaching elder. On our last Sunday, we ordained him as the new under-shepherd. A...

Jesus Christ is the head of His church. He is the Chief Shepherd that guides and leads His church. The Bible deals in many places with the leadership of the church, the "under-shepherds" (under Christ). These are elders who are servant leaders (not masters) and the people follow. Elders were...

Jews did, do, and will drink wine at the seder. Jews did, do, and will use unleavened bread at the seder. They do NOT use welch grape juice (full of leaven - they would be breaking the command). They do not use pepsi and pizza. They do not use milk and Wonder Bread. Grapes were harvested in...

A mob-led church (remember, a democracy is mob rule just a small step from total anarchy in that there is membership for a democracy. It was the reason God gave elders to lead a church as under-Shepherds to our Lord, the Chief Shepherd. Shepherds lead, they don't take a vote. In the Baptist...

Could you post an open link or simply summarize what it said? I opt not to be part of LinkedIn and it will not allow me to see the information

I have long fellowshipped with the Founders group of the SBC, harkening back to the doctrine/purpose of the men in 1845. Had breakfast with Tom Ascol a few years ago when he was out hunting in my area. Always praying for our SBC brethren in their battle to restore truth in doctrine/practice. I...

We hear that we are to love God for who He is, not for what He does for us, but that is a false dichotomy. God IS love and God DOES loving things and I cannot divorce Who He is and What He does. God is the gift He gives - when He gives us all things, He gives us Himself Rom 8:32 "“He who did...

Focus/study/meditate in the Word. That will lead to a life of prayer, witnessing, growth, Christlikeness, community, et al

Our church ministers within our congregation, of course, but external? Vast mission program around the world Church planting mission in Wisconsin Weekly addiction/recovery meetings Bus ministry for outreach/evangelism Christian School (more than half the students are non-member families) Various...

I agree with both premise and conclusion of this article. Williams was minimally a Baptist in some areas, baptistic in others like many Separatists of his day. BTW, I've often quipped that my great grandfather was William Rogers, not to be confused with Roger Williams. He was a circuit-riding...

Take the "big name" of each of the groups listed in the pre-1600 groups listed and ask Would our church have this person speak in our worship? 100% NO WAY. In some ways they were baptistic, in others? Cannot find a single group listed that would qualify as a Baptist church. Just because a...

Thanks, Alan. Interesting to look back at the intensity of thought from SBC leaders of two centuries ago. The "Trail of Blood Mentality" that was so strong in the 1800's SBC leadership has lost favor in most Baptist circles in the North - most of it challenging to prove and calling some group...

My first senior pastorate (1972-78) was at the Wild Rose Baptist Church in the village of Wild Rose, Wisconsin, It was started in 1872 as a Welsh-speaking Baptist congregation on a farm crossroad 4 miles outside town, eventually drug on skids by horse in winter to town. Area was settled by Welsh...

As for sharing the Gospel or inviting city people to church, we encouraged each person to do this one-to-one. We also took "requests" (like a singspiration). If someone had a friend, co-worker, neighbor, in need, they would ask them if "the pastor" could visit. Same with anyone who visited our...

One lady (member of the church) asked me not to come by, even with a phone call "warning" that I would be coming by. She was embarrassed to tell me why but privately told my wife. She told Teresa that when she finally gets home from a long day (job as teacher, then activities, shoppng, etc)...