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  • Church Polity & Disciple Making

    Elder-Led Congregational Consensus

    Please note that this course was formerly called Persuasion Unto Consensus (Church Polity).

    by Stephen Atkerson

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    Did you know Jesus said that church leaders have the same authority as children and slaves? Did you know that decisions in the New Testament were made not by pastoral command, but by a search for consensus among the brethren? 

    Consensus church government by pastoral persuasion gives many advantages: maturity for the saints, knowing the mind of Christ, church unity, and an edifying decision-making process. This scriptural form of church government will also enable church leaders to lead more like Jesus.


    Course Outcomes: 

    When you have completed this mini-course, you will be able to:

    1. Understand the true authority that a church leader possesses

    2. Be informed of scholarly and expert opinion on servant-leadership by persuasion unto consensus

    3. Understand from the Greek the true meaning of the word “rule”

    4. Understand from the Greek the true meaning of “obedience” to church leaders

    5. Understand from the Greek the true meaning of “submission” to church leaders

    6. Understand from the Greek the true meaning of the word “church”

    7. Be aware of the remarkably understated role the New Testament gives to church leaders

    8. Learn how you can be a biblically-informed servant leader who leads by persuasion in order to gain consensus


    Forums:

    Post in 3 Forums. You will get a completion check indicating you have posted reflections also read and engage with the comments of others. 

    Quiz:

    After you complete viewing the materials and posting your reflections there is a feedback quiz. The quiz will help us evaluate the effectiveness of the mini-course.

    Resources: 

    The content source for this mini-course is available in the following three formats:

    Video → https://ntrf.org/decision-making-strategy-video/

    Article → https://ntrf.org/building-congregational-consensus/

    Audio → sermonaudio.com/sermon/929111714230

    Content Provider

    This course is provided by NTRF - Small Churches, BIG Impact!

    "For over twenty-five years, we have provided church leaders in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania with resources and training in how the early church met together in community. The essential tenets of the faith to which we subscribe are identical to those found in the doctrinal statements of any sound evangelical institution. Our favorite statement of faith is the First London Baptist Confession of 1646. In short, we advocate historic, orthodox Christianity poured into the wineskin of New Testament church practice as seen on the pages of Scripture. Our goal is to be Christ honoring and thoroughly biblical in every area concerning our church life."