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Leadership in the Church Part 1

Chris Hearty

1 Timothy 3:1-2

Paul makes it clear that it is worthy aspiration if someone desires to be a leader in the church. It is the Holy Spirit who selects leaders to watch over the church and help it grow. God also desires leaders to have good character, not to be sinless, but to be growing in grace and maturity. The good character of a good leader is built little by little over time. The church needs people of good character to step up to leadership.

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1 Timothy 3:1-21 Tim 3:1-2 1Tim 3:1-2By Chris Hearty Teaching Date: 01/24/2022Paul makes it clear that it is worthy aspiration if someone...

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Can Women Be Leaders and Teachers?

James Rochford

1 Timothy 2:1-15

The traditional interpretation of this passage that says women cannot teach or lead in the church has major hermeneutical, empirical and historical problems. In Ephesus there is evidence proto-gnostic heresy was taking hold especially in the women. Women were spreading the myth that Eve actually came first and brought forth Adam. The Greek word for "exercise authority" also can mean "be the originator of" depending upon the context. The context was the creation order! Adam came before Eve. Paul was not forbidding women to teach or lead but he was forbidding them to teach that woman came before man.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By James Rochford Teaching Date: 01/20/2022The traditional interpretation of this passage that sa...

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A Key Passage for Women

Dennis McCallum

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Dennis McCallum explains a problem passage that has historically been poorly interpreted by the church. Paul is not forbidding women to teach or lead but he is forbidding them to spread false doctrine and myths that Eve was created first and gave life to Adam. This is the only passage in the whole Bible that appears to forbid women from teaching and leading but when one does an in depth study of the Greek, one discovers things are not as they first seem. The traditional view of this passage violates multiple hermeneutical rules.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 01/17/2022Dennis McCallum explains a problem passage that has h...

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Can Women Lead or Teach?

Chris Hearty

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Paul addresses some controversy in the church at Ephesus by instructing Timothy to rein in the heresies some women were spreading. The very early seeds of Gnosticism were beginning to take root. Paul was not forbidding women to lead or teach but for the women at that time to stop spreading myths and pagan mystery religions.

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1 Timothy 2:1-151 Tim 2:1-15 1Tim 2:1-15By Chris Hearty Teaching Date: 01/17/2022Paul addresses some controversy in the church at Ephesus...

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Lessons in Christian Leadership

James Rochford

1 Peter 5:1-7

Peter calls the leaders to shepherd the flock of God under them with an attitude of privilege rather than obligation. Leadership is a gift from God to be exercised according to the will of God, not for sordid gain but with eagerness. Leadership is also a mercy in that God uses broken people to lead His flock. God uses ordinary, fallen people to accomplish a great mission. In the process of impacting others for eternity, the leader is grown and stretched by God to do the impossible.

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1 Peter 5:1-71 Pet 5:1-7 1Pet 5:1-7By James Rochford Teaching Date: 11/01/2021Peter calls the leaders to shepherd the flock of God under ...

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Good Shepherds

Chris Hearty

1 Peter 5:1-4

Peter uses the imagery of the shepherd who lovingly tends his flock to describe the attitude Christian leaders should have as they oversee the flock God has entrusted to them. Godly leaders are self-sacrificial, know how to feed and lead the flock, seek and give God's direction. Spiritual leaders are humble and understand they are accountable to God. They are not in it for temporary or shameful profit. Spiritual leaders will be rewarded for their sacrifices by Jesus.

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1 Peter 5:1-41 Pet 5:1-4 1Pet 5:1-4By Chris Hearty Teaching Date: 10/11/2021Peter uses the imagery of the shepherd who lovingly tends his...

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Shepherd of the Flock

Scott Risley

1 Peter 5:1-7

In the Old Testament and the New, God often uses the imagery of a shepherd when describing leaders of God's people. Jesus is the ultimate shepherd of His people. Peter exhorts the elders in his audience to shepherd the flock of God 1) with an attitude of "I get to" rather than "I have to," 2) eager to give rather than eager to take, 3) serving under versus lording over, and 4) humbling yourself versus exalting yourself. When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

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1 Peter 5:1-71 Pet 5:1-7 1Pet 5:1-7By Scott Risley Teaching Date: 09/30/2021In the Old Testament and the New, God often uses the imagery ...

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Leadership in the Body of Christ

Dennis McCallum

1 Peter 5:1-7

Peter appeals to the elders, as a fellow elder, to exercise their authority over the flock of God not under compulsion but voluntarily, not seeking their own will but the will of God. They are to lead with a zeal to love not for sordid gain. They are not to lord it over the flock but be examples to the flock entrusted to them. Clothing themselves with humility, they will be lifted up in due time.

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1 Peter 5:1-71 Pet 5:1-7 1Pet 5:1-7By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 09/30/2021Peter appeals to the elders, as a fellow elder, to exercis...

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Husbands and Wives

Conrad Hilario

1 Peter 3:1-7

Peter's admonition for wives to be submissive to their husbands must be understood in the context it was given. It was not a blanket statement for all wives to be submissive to their husbands. The context is for wives of unbelieving husbands living in a Greco-Roman world where wives were not considered equal to their husbands. God on the other hand did view women as equal in value or worth to their husbands, but in this case, wives are asked to be submissive to unbelieving husbands in order to win them to Christ by their chaste and respectful behavior. Furthermore, husbands are to treat their wives in the same way, with understanding and showing her honor.

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1 Peter 3:1-71 Pet 3:1-7 1Pet 3:1-7By Conrad Hilario Teaching Date: 08/23/2021Peter's admonition for wives to be submissive to their husb...

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