“Faithful Children”

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Why does the church allow men to be elders that do not have "faithful" children?  I hear excuses that it's IMPOSSIBLE to find a man like that... if God demands it, then it MUST be possible.

Sincerely,
No Excuses

Dear No Excuses,

When you use the term ‘the church’, that makes it sound like every congregation allows men to become elders even if they aren’t qualified.  That simply isn’t true.  Our congregation here in Monroe, as well as many others that we personally know of, only select elders who have faithful children because that is what Tit 1:6 says.  You are right, it isn’t impossible to find qualified men to serve as elders because many congregations have qualified elders.  The amount of care that a congregation puts into following the Bible pattern for elders is an indicator of how serious they are about being a Bible-led church.  The qualifications for elders are easily found in 1 Tim 3:1-7 and Tit 1:5-9.  What a congregation does with those verses says a lot about their priorities.

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