What is the elder that is mentioned numerous times in Scripture?
An elder is a mature believer in the Lord (I Tim 5:1-2). It is not an office or position in the church, as it has never been defined as one. A pastor has to be an elder (Tit 1:5-7), but not every elder is a pastor (or someone who has a position of authority – I Tim 5:17). It is like saying that every Kansan is an American, but not every American is a Kansan. A bishop must be an elder before he is a bishop. But not every elder rules the church (I Tim 5:17). Also, a woman can be an elder (I Tim 5:2; Tit 2:3-5), but she cannot rule the church as a pastor (I Tim 3:2). We would not want a woman to instruct other women in how to live as a godly woman just because she was elder in physical years. She needs to be elder in her walk with the Lord. Titus 1:5 does not say, “ordain men to be elders in every city” but rather “ordain elders in every city” and then gives the requirements for a bishop (Tit 1:6-9). This is ordaining men who are elders to be bishops. The Word never says, “an elder must b
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