I am thankful for the godly example of our church pastors/elders!
Tonight Kyle and I had the opportunity to witness our elders walking in godly, gospel-centered church leadership. While it is never fun to see the issue of church discipline come up, we highly respect our elders and how they dealt with a particular issue. They extended so much grace and patience, and praise the Lord that the discipline did not have to be carried out. God was gracious and gave our elders wisdom in this situation and Kyle and I discussed tonight how much more we respect them because of how they handled this particular issue in the church!
So many churches are being led by pastors who are afraid to speak truth to their congregations or to extend church discipline when someone is blatantly walking in sin. Yet, that is an offense to the gospel of Christ! As the body of Christ we are to hold one another accountable in our Christian walks. Of equal importance, pastors will one day stand before the Lord and give an account for how they led and fed their particular congregation. So if they allow blatant sin to go unchecked within the body, they will be held responsible!
We are so grateful that our church seeks to walk in gospel-centered living! We love our elders and support them as they lead our congregation!
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