Eldership and the Mission of God Quotes

“Leadership will “call the question” in your life: do you love God for God, or God as a means to an end? To put it another way, are you in love with him or are you seeing relationship with him as a necessary means to maintaining leadership and your reputation?”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment.”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“don’t be swayed by degrees or past positions. See how people live and serve within your community before you give them a title, especially the title of elder. Let them prove themselves in your community of faith by being faithful with task-oriented jobs before moving them into ministry positions. Make sure they are servants before they become leaders.”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“Ministry flows out of being. In other words, we cannot export what we have not first imported.8”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. ALAN REDPATH”
― J.R. Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“A plurality of elders and a focus on mutual submission between them has several benefits. In addition to accountability, it brings balance and allows for multiple gifts to be expressed and utilized for equipping the body. It embodies the New Testament approach and models unity and mutual submission to the church as a whole. When attacks, accusations, discouraging communications and criticism come from people within a congregation, they can be deflected, carried and dealt with by several elders, rather than one pastor trying to handle all of them. Finally, it can provide a supportive space for future leaders, elders and pastors to be developed within a church structure.”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“Many Christians in North America are educated well beyond their level of obedience.”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership

“If serving someone is beneath you, then leadership is above you. MIKE PILAVACHI”
― J R Briggs, Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership