Membership
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?
Just as your church (hopefully) does not allow just anyone to preach the Word, so also should your church think carefully about who administers the ordinances.
If you’re trying to implement healthy church structures without losing the heart of shepherding, this book gives you a steady hand to guide the process.
If a church doesn’t have any elders, then it doesn’t have any overseers.
Listening to experienced brothers from outside our time and context helps us to focus on the universal and unchanging duties of all of God’s ministers.
When we gather for worship, our job is not to be overly concerned with ourselves or critical of others, but to “turn [our] eyes upon Jesus.”
To help Christians follow a conscience bound by Scripture is not pedantic, but wise.
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?