What is a bishop, biblically speaking?
Question: “What is a bishop, biblically speaking?” Answer: In the New Testament, a bishop is a person who functions as a teaching leader among a local group of Christians. The Greek term episkapos has...
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The Function of Bishops in the Ancient Church
There are people who think that in New Testament times, a bishop (episkopos, which has the literal meaning of overseer) and a priest (presbyteros, presbyter, elder; the ancient term for a Christian minister) did...
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Leadership principles from Proverbs
I heard a well-known pastor describe the church as the most leadership-intensive organization in the world. Church leaders do not have the authority of military leaders or the financial incentives of the corporate world;...
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“Principles of Effective Christian Leadership”
Colossians 1:24-29 Rev. Bruce Goettsche . . . May 3, 1998 I was eager to read the book Iaccoca by Lee Iacocca, the former Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation. I was fascinated by the way this...
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THE MAN GOD USES
In his book, To Change the World, James Davison Hunter says, “the passion to engage the world, to shape it and finally change it for the better, would seem to be an enduring mark of...
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