We want to be a place where elders can be grown and matured within our congregation. While we have many seminary students as members, they and we do not assume that all of them will be elders. We also don’t assume that all of our elders will be seminary guys. We seek to identify and to help mature elders by giving guys regular opportunities to preach and teach. We do that by pairing guys with current elders to teach Christianity Matters classes, by giving them opportunities to deliver Sunday evening devotions, and by giving a smaller number an opportunity to preach in a morning service. This gives a large group of guys ongoing opportunities to refine skills and to allow the church to speak into their lives regarding their teaching gifts. It’s routinely amazing and gratifying to me how blessed we are as a church to have so many gifted men. It’s also encouraging to know that we have the potential to be a blessing to other churches as our members leave and move on to other churches and places of service. Any present elders or members (send me an email) care to comment on this has helped them?

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