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Priestly Work of Elders - Coggle Diagram
Priestly Work of Elders
Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Elders are under-shepherds.
Some are staff but most are not. This does not negate their value to God's flock.
All elders are pastors.
Elders are assigned to a particular group of people that are designated as their flock. Group size depends on the growth of the church.
The Work of knowing and caring for God's flock.
Elders must know and love their flock unconditionally.
Elders must give same love and grace that they are given from Christ. Must love people on their best and worst days.
Primary duty is to minister to people. Not run programs or meetings. Must seek to know members of their flock.
Conduct home visits to know spouse and children. Know on personal level.
Elders may conduct hospital visits
Elders intentionally engage in conversation with their flock members and listens to them.
Elders must be their as a comfort to people in their flock. Sometimes praying the Gospel is more effective than preaching to someone. Remind them of the good news.
The Way of knowing and caring for God's flock.
Elders know flock on a macro and micro level.
Micro level refers to knowing flock on a personal level.
Elders seek to know their flock on a personal level. Conduct home visits and various types of outings.
Macro is using the systems and structure to know flock on micro level.
Structures used are church membership and flock systems.
Church membership is done by interviews from elders. Conditions for membership will vary between churches. Minimum is to profess faith in Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior.
Elders will not know which sheep to care for and hold accountable unless people are willing to be a member of the church body. Members then put into flock systems.
Flock systems are designed for elders to maintain care over particular members of the church. Useful organization system to know which member is assigned to which elder.
Can be difficult with only a few elders and a large congregation. Causes larger flock systems. Flock system size will decrease with an increase of elders.