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Biblical Shepherding of God’s Sheep: The Use and Abuse of Authority by Church Officers is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Tend my sheep” is the awesome task given to those who have been called and equipped by the Holy Spirit to be overseers of the church of God. Leadership in the local assembly must be biblical and balanced if the church is to properly discharge its commission from the Lord Jesus Christ. Recent trends in leadership methods have made it more necessary than ever that Christ’s shepherds “be on guard...

reach a unanimous decision, but what procedure should be followed if it does not? It is better not to apply the proposed discipline if the eldership is not united about it. This means that in effect each elder has the power of veto in cases of discipline. The power of veto can be abused if personal factors enter. “Blood is thicker than water,” and it may be that a case of discipline involves a relative of one of the elders. A rule could be adopted whereby the power of veto would not be allowed to
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