Shownotes
The Church was originally a decentralized movement. Before everything became housed in church buildings with hierarchical leadership, the priesthood of all believers was sent–and sending–disciples out to make more disciples.
In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar talks with Rob Wegner and Lance Ford about why the distributed structures of 'starfish' organizations uniquely fit the church today. Just like a starfish reproduces itself fully from just a leg, their regenerative abilities make them much more nimble in reacting to external change and outside forces.
In This Episode You’ll Learn:
- Where early church elders were found and how they were appointed.
- What happened after deacons were first established in the church. Surprising!
- The living, present example our church elders should play in disciple-making.
- What to do if your elders are NOT functioning as biblical elders.
From this episode:
"If the pastors and elders in the church are supposed to be role models for the rest of the people, showing them how to live and make disciples as Jesus did, shouldn’t our elders have loads of not-yet-believing friends? I’m not talking about acquaintances. I’m talking about relationships... friends. Shouldn’t our elders, our “examples to the flock”, be rock-star disciple-makers, living the same way Jesus and his disciples did?"
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