Elders: Shepherds of God's Flock

     Elders: Shepherds of God’s Flock

                 I Peter 5:1-5 

                   Rev. Bruce Brown

I.          The Character of the Godly Elder (verses 1-3)

II.         The Crown of the Godly Elder verse 4)

III.     The Community of the Godly Elder (verse 5) 

"So who should be an elder? We don’t just appoint whomever we want or whoever is popular in the church... We don’t want to follow men we don’t respect or trust; we don’t want to follow men who abuse authority or are helpless in leadership. But we can, and should, follow men who faithfully model the Christian life for us. These are men we can learn from as they love their wives and parent their children. We can imitate their personal and public character. We can learn from their spiritual life and doctrinal teaching. These are men who are “followable” because they lead by example, not by oppression and tyranny. Let’s affirm, trust, honor, pray for and follow such men." Juan Sanchez