Supporting Concepts
- Background on Church Models
- Introduction to Church Leadership
- Defining Your Terms
- Key Relationships with Authority
- Defining Power & Authority
- Delegation & Delegated Authority
- Submission & Obedience – Same or Different?
Persuasions to a New Point of View
- Matthew 23:1-12; Mark 10:42-45 – Direct Teaching from Jesus about Disciples Relationship
- Authority of Church Leadership – How Much Authority is Delegated
- Punishment in the Bible – Evidence of Limitations of Authority on those Leading
- Not of Command, But Out of Love — God’s Way is Helping, Not Demanding
- Ephesians 4:11-16 – Leadership that “Deletes” Itself
- Balance: Commands Between Believers Do Exist
Defenses Against Other Views
- Appeals to Moses’ Authority to Support Concepts of “Delegate Authority”
- Hebrews 13:17 – Key Verse to Support Improper Leadership Concepts
- Singular Leaders to Support Church Hierarchy in New Testament
- Spiritual Fatherhood as a Support for “Delegate Authority”
- Romans 13:3 – Submitting to Governing Authorities Includes Church Leaders
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12 – What Does “Rule Over You” Really Mean
- 1 Corinthians 14:26-33 – “Orderly Worship” Controlled by a Few Leaders in Christian Meetings