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Session 7 Video

What if I don't trust my leader. Am I still supposed to submit to them? 

Session 7

Submission

Free video resources for you and your church. Designed for use in these environments: Adult Studies, Student Ministry, Leadership Training, Personal Growth.


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https://content.lessons.church/files/study/hr6mytWL6xF/Vk40YebNTq0/Healthy Elders and Deacons (Jim Dalrymple) 2018.pdf?dt=1661520233387

This series by Jim Dalrymple delves into texts from 1 Timothy and Titus to offer insights on training and encouraging church leaders, specifically elders and deacons. It begins by defining the roles of leadership within the church, as per biblical guidelines. The series then enumerates the character traits of elders and deacons, underlining that Christian leaders are defined first by their Christ-like character. Following this, the responsibilities of elders and deacons are explored. The method of selection for these leadership roles is examined, emphasizing the importance of focusing on Christ-like character attributes as the primary selection criteria. The series concludes by addressing the topic of submission to leadership, even in circumstances where trust may be lacking, thus presenting a comprehensive resource for training church leaders.

Healthy Elders & Deacons

In this series, Jim Dalrymple (New Testament faculty at Ozark Christian College) will unpack various texts from 1 Timothy and Titus in effort to encourage and train church leaders. This series is designed as a training resource for church leaders.

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- **Submission and humility are a Christian posture (1 Peter 5:4-7)**

- **The church is a laboratory where we get to practice Christ-Likeness**

- **The church is Christ’s (Ezekiel 34; Jeremiah 23)**

  - **Hebrews 13:17** — *Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as* **those who will have to give an account**. *Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.*

- **Be humble—you may not know the burden of leadership they carry.**

- **When a leader’s character is in question we are to respond without partiality or
prejudgment.**

  - **1 Timothy 5:17–21** — *Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” 19 Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 20 As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. 21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.*

- **We are to discipline the leader who has made a wreck of their faith or the 
doctrine. But all church discipline is restorative in its motivation.**

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