My friend Steve kneale has responded to my musings on whether a church can exist without elders here. I think this is a helpful and healthy debate to have, though I don’t expect it to run on and on. Our disagreement is marginal. However, I thought it might be helpful to clarify a couple of… Continue reading Elder-less Churches? A further response to Steve Kneale
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Can you have a church without elders?
This is the latest in my mini-series on elders and eldership. Here I engage with a question raised by my friend Steve Kneale’s book “Independent Elders”
Independent Eldership (book review)
I’ve been looking forward to getting my hands on my friend, Steve Kneale’s book “Independent Leadership” ever since he mentioned a little while back that he was working on something – and it hasn’t disappointed. What is the book about? Independent Leadership is part of a book series from Grace Publications called A people on… Continue reading Independent Eldership (book review)
Coming up … independent eldership
My friend Steve Kneale has a new book coming out very soon from Grace Publications. I’m looking forward to receiving a copy soon and will be reviewing it here when I do. What that means is that at this stage, I’ve not actually read the book, so of course it is possible that it could… Continue reading Coming up … independent eldership
A little proposal, what if we got rid of the distinction between elders conpletely?
My friend Steve Kneale recently wrote in praise of unpaid elders. He began by talking. about the problems with different descriptions for paid and unpaid elders. I agree 100 percent with him. In fact the one thing I’d want to do is make explicitly clear that there is no Biblical foundation for the presbyterian distinction… Continue reading A little proposal, what if we got rid of the distinction between elders conpletely?
Nostalgia and jars of stones
Steve Kneale wrote recently in Evangelicals Now about the danger of nostalgia. He was responding to a recent spate of articles letters and blogs which seem to harp back to some golden era in the life of the church when churches held three teaching meetings a week and the pastor led all of them. David… Continue reading Nostalgia and jars of stones
Food from around the worldwide web
From time to time I share links to other blogs and articles that I’ve found interesting, thought provoking and/or helpful. Sermon Notes why and how – now as it happens I’ve moved to a slightly different conclusion to Alistair and now prefer not to take/have people take notes but it’s worth reading Alistair’s argument in… Continue reading Food from around the worldwide web
Food from around the worldwide web (15-05-2022)
Occasionally I provide a round up of articles that others have been writing about. Here’s the latest. 3 reasons Christians slander one another -it’s something we know shouldn’t happen and yet seems to happen a lot. Why? Is this approach to complementarianism just dressed up egalitarianism – this is a slightly similar issue, not so… Continue reading Food from around the worldwide web (15-05-2022)
Urban mission is both urgent and longterm
As our time at Bearwood Chapel comes to a close, we wanted to take time to listen to others to find out where the need is and where we can best help in terms of urban Gospel mission. Over the past few weeks I’ve been having lots of conversations, some have been with people I’ve… Continue reading Urban mission is both urgent and longterm
Anglican Evangelicals, The CofE and church unity
Stephen Kneale has started a mini-series of articles on whether or not evangelicals should remain in the Church of England. You can read his own article arguing that evangelicals should leave, here. You will also see that he is providing space for guest posts in response over the next few days. To me, this feels… Continue reading Anglican Evangelicals, The CofE and church unity
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