Episode 160: On Raising Up Elders in a Growing Church

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

9Marks

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In a growing church, nominating elders can be hard. After all, people might not know the man. They might never have heard him teach. So what’s a church to do?

Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about raising up elders as a church’s culture changes.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Lehman.
0:08.2	He really is.
0:09.2	And with me is Mark Devere.
0:11.5	And welcome to this episode of Nine Marks Pastures Talk.
0:14.9	Nine Marks exist to equip church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources for building healthy churches for the glory of God.
0:23.1	Amen. Mark, a growing church. Good to see you again. Yeah. Good to be seen. A growing church is a
0:28.3	blessing from God. Was there more you wanted to say? No, we crested that little wave of affection
0:33.0	quickly. Let's get right on to the topic. Get on to business. A growing church is a blessing from God, but one that comes with certain challenges.
0:41.0	And right now I'm thinking specifically of the challenge of...
0:43.9	We're a shrinking church.
0:45.0	Finding Capitol Hill is?
0:46.6	Yeah.
0:47.1	Do you want to tell us about that?
0:48.4	I'm happy, too.
0:49.1	Two years ago, we had about 150 members.
0:50.9	Right now, we had about 820 members.
0:53.1	Are you driving them away?
0:55.0	Why? thousand, 50 members. Right now we have about 820 members. Are you driving them away? Well, maybe in part.
0:55.9	I don't know.
0:56.3	We'll find that on the last day.
0:57.9	So why a drop of 200?
0:59.6	Part of it has been a couple of church plants like your good self.
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