130929 PM Questions Concerning Deacons and Elders




Questions
Concerning Deacons & Elders
CONCERNING AUTHORITY: • How do we avoid binding things on potential
servants of the church where God has not bound?  • What sort of authority do elders have?
CONCERNING AN ELDER STEPPING DOWN FROM SERVICE:  • Is it possible for an elder who was once
qualified to at any point become disqualified?  • If a member feels that an elder should
discontinue his service, how should the member go about communicating
this?  CONCERNING AN ELDER’S MARRIAGE:
• What does it mean to be “the husband of one wife”?  • Does this mean that an elder can never
have been divorced? What if it was a divorce sanctioned by the words of
Jesus?  • What should an elder do if
his wife passes away?  Is he no longer
qualified to serve?  • What if he
continues to serve as an elder and starts dating again?  • If he steps down and eventually
remarries, could he be appointed to serve as an elder once again?  CONCERNING AN ELDER’S CHILDREN:  • If a man has one child and the Bible
calls for “children,” is the man qualified to serve as an
elder?  • What does the phrase,
“and his children are believers” mean in Titus 1:6?  • Can a man be an elder if he has
unfaithful children?  • What if the
children no longer live at home? Can an elder continue to serve if his adult
children {who were once faithful) have turned away from God?  CONCERNING THE FUTURE:  • If a man’s name is presented before the
congregation for consideration and I do not believe he is qualified, what
should I do?  • Who ultimately makes
the decision and chooses elders?