Episode 158: On Chairing an Elders Meeting (with Isaac Adams & Ken Barbic)

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There’s nothing in the Bible about who should chair—lead—elders’ meetings. But the role and responsibility of the elder chairman is nonetheless very important. Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever, Ken Barbic, and Isaac Adams.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this new episode of Pastures Talk.
0:10.8	That's Mark Devere.
0:11.8	We exist for the glory of God and the good of churches.
0:14.9	That's right.
0:15.7	Nine Marks exist to do just those things.
0:18.4	That's Jonathan Lehman talking, and I'm Mark Devere.
0:20.9	That's right. Mark, today I want to talk to you about Lehman talking, and I'm Mark Devere. That's right.
0:21.8	Mark, today I want to talk to you about elder chairing, and we have a couple of guests with us.
0:25.8	It took us a while to get to that topic.
0:27.8	Yeah, well, it took us a while to get these.
0:29.6	That's an important topic.
0:30.7	To get these two brothers in the room.
0:32.7	They're both important.
0:33.8	No joking. That has to be one of the most important things in the life of a church.
0:39.1	Okay, start right there. Why? Well, first, I'm sorry, what is an elder chairman? It's like the carburetor in your engine, I mean, because this is what determines what comes up to the elders, how long the elders consider it.
0:51.1	Either is satisfied with the resolution or the elder chair can push it on until there's a different or better resolution within reason, you know.
0:57.9	So it's just a very influential position.
1:00.9	Now, we at nine marks like to think of ourselves as biblical.
1:04.6	Just look to the Bible.
1:06.0	So what verse are you thinking of where we get the elder chairman?
1:08.9	Nothing occurs to me.
1:10.9	Okay.
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