The Early Church Government

Organized religion is not a conspiracy. It is the act of an organizational belief in a religion like Judaism or Christianity with the effects of the history and how fast everyone got caught up in organized religion it couldn’t be a conspiracy.

“During the time that Paul and Titus were there, the Cretans were at a deplorable moral level. They were dishonest, gluttonous, and lazy.” Titus had to overcome their way of life and preach the Gospel to them. Some of the offices that were within the church were not being taken seriously, so, Paul listed certain attributes that an elder must possess. The modern-day bishop most likely would be comparable to a deacon in some protestant churches and a bishop in the Catholic Church. (Votaw, Clyde W. pg. 130-38) The role of an elder in this day in time would have to be hospitable and friendly. During this age and time, Inns were dirty and unkept. If you were a traveler you would want someone of offer you a place to stay.

Elders have responsibilities to “guide and govern the life of the congregation for the up building of the whole church” (G-1.0103). Elder is not the lordship position in church. Elders have responsibility to commend the joy and justice of gospel to all people by seeking “for a quality of life and relationship” (G-2.0504). Furthermore, elders should “[exercise] pastoral care, devoting special attention to the poor, the sick, the troubled, and the dying” (G-2.0504). These roles for elders are important to achieve the Church

During the middles ages, church was more than just the place you went to worship, it was a place of power. It had a government, courts, a system of taxation, and laws. Teachings of the church influenced everyone in the society. The Christian Church molded the way the culture was during the middle ages. Christianity is the name given to the system of religious belief and practice which was taught by Jesus Christ in the country of Palestine during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Since Christianity was the dominant religion during the Middle Ages, attempts to purify the church and society led to many Christian campaigns against other religions. These campaigns were led by bishops, scholars and warriors who made efforts to make the Christian world free of all the non-Christians.

The Pastor is the overseer of all ministry, operating, and finance activities and works in cooperation with the Executive Team concerning these areas. The Pastor is also the main ambassador of the church to the community and is responsible for preaching, teaching, training, and upholding the church's doctrine. He or she is also responsible for counseling, comforting, and ensuring that the spiritual needs of the people are met. Moreover, the Pastor administers (or oversees the administration of) ordinances of communion and baptism as well as weddings and funerals (along with his/her associate ministers). Although the Senior Pastor is primarily responsible for these things, he/she may designate others to serve in these areas as necessary. There are two roles that cannot be delegated. First, the Pastor must nurture his or her relationship with God through consistent prayer (Luke 6:12 and Mark 1:35); failure to do so will negatively affect the church. Second, the

In an age filled with war and political instability, the Roman Catholic Church served as a way to unify members of Europe during the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was a time of low literacy rates. The Roman Catholic Church allowed members of medieval society (both literate and illiterate) an understanding of how the world worked. Although political leaders had only great local power, the Church was recognized as the most powerful institution, as its power covered all of Europe. The Roman Catholic Church was able to touch everyone’s life, no matter their class or ranking. In a time of darkness and suffering, The Church gave everyone a sense of belonging and place in the world. During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church stood as the central

Discusses the pitfalls of using secular models of leadership to guide the church. The author is interested in what the Bible says about leadership within the church. Leadership authority as the New Testament presents to issue. The author first takes the time to define authority, power, and rule in order to properly understand what the Bible teaches and how one can lead with biblical authority and not use their authority to lord it over others or to use their authority to promote themselves. Another area addressed is that of submission and obedience. When authority is mentioned submission must also be discussed. This article

Referring to Dr. Laniak’s book, he concentrated on the three roles of shepherding – provision, protection, and guidance. I think these three roles should still be the central focuses for the Christian leaders today. However, it is also true that the concept of shepherding leadership becomes vague and sentimental sometimes; as a result, we see leaders have too much power and responsibility in today’s churches. In fact, this situation happens not only in the present, but also in all history. We can find complaining leaders in the Mosaic period; we can find leaders who did whatever they liked in the period of Judges; we see kings who did evil in the sigh of the Lord; we see arguments within the group of leadership in the early church; we see the

The church peach the gospel of faith and grew in europe and was part of the buildings of churches, requiring labor and the ability to western history. In the fuedal system, churches and militaries ruled. The churches had great influence over the government. The church recieved its power in medieval Europe because it preached the gospel that was believal and gave hope. Building the church required laborers to build with great enthusiasm that wasn't a match to others in in the western world.

“There is much that can be learned about leadership from Scripture” (Smith, 1992, p. 39). The Bible provides us with what God not only desires His man of God to be, but requires His under shepherd to meet His character traits.

He had someone already there in the island he could trust serving as a pastor. This letter is also important to us as church leaders, even though is a short letter. Paul gives some vital instructions on things Titus should do. In Chapter one, he said “set in order and appoint elders.” Chapter two “speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.” Chapter three ‘remind them to be subject to rulers … being ready for every good deed.” The key thought of this book, and the hope of the church is simply, ‘Good people do good deeds.’ In our churches today we need to choose good leaders to have good churches (Chapter 1). We need to have godly people to be zealous for good deeds and instruct God’s people in godly behavior (chapter 2). We need to be reminded that our goodness comes from Christ and from that relationship grows many good deeds, so that we might gain a proper understanding of the gospel and as a result be godly people who will be full of good deeds (chapter 3). In simpler words, we can say the purpose is to ‘create a godly people full of good deeds.’ Here the church in Crete was directly the opposite facing a number of

Christ is the leader of the Church, Paul in Ephesians 1:22 said “God placed everything under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the Church” however, God entrusted the authority to lead to his servant whom he set them aside to lead the community. Pastor as a public Leadership is to lead community. A person who is called by God to lead public has a responsibility to be in the community, with the community and for the community. One of best questions raised in the class during public leadership discussion was “How we can be a community pastor rather than just a church pastor?” This really a kind of question we are to consider as pastor especially as rural congregation pastor. In most cases when pastor are called to

During the period in Europe commonly known as The Middle Ages, economic reforms took place, as well as social, political, and religious changes. One common theme throughout The Middle Ages was the relationship between the Church and the State. The Catholic church during this era held a prominent role in society, and it had an abundant amount of power and authority. The Catholic Church exercised its authority in many different stages, and the people responded to the way that the Church exercised her power. Bernard Guenee in The Lives of Four French Prelates In the Late Middle Ages reflects on this controversy between church and state power throughout the Middle Ages by focusing on the lives of four distinguished French church authorities: Bernard Gui (1261-1331), Gilles Le Muisit (1272-1353), Pierre D 'Ailly (1351-1420), and Thomas Basin (1412-1490), all of whom rose from modest circumstances to the dignity of office. Guenee argues that the ambition these men displayed may be considered honorable to some, but he sees their advancement in the Church and their participation in the state as counteractive. He fails to distinguish between the good and immoral sides of ambition as a virtue and claims the cause of the separation between the church and the state comes down to an inevitable fight for the acquisition of higher power. His position only deals with the practicalities of the situation, and is

Leaders are appointed to serve here on earth on behalf of Christ since Christ is the good and chief shepherd. Leaders should lead the believers based on how Christ related with the church when he was on earth[5]. Shepherds had to feed the people of God and to protect them from predators[6]. Churches today ought to do things how the New Testament churches did[7].

In brief order, the role of a pastor or leader is to be a servant leader. The Bible provides pastors and leaders in a Christian church with the best model of a servant leader in Jesus Christ. According to Thorsten Grahn (2011), “Jesus submitted his own life to sacrificial service under the will of (Luke 22:42), and he sacrificed his life freely out of service for others (John 10:30). He came to serve (Matthew 20:28) although he was God’s son and was thus more powerful than any other leader in the world. He healed the sick (Mark 7:31-37), drove out demons (Mark 5:1-20), was recognized as Teacher and Lord (John 13:13), and had power over the wind and the sea and even over death (Mark 4:35-41; Matthew 9:18-26. In John 13:1-17 Jesus gives … responsibility of the house-servant” (Grahn, 2011, p. 2).