important, elders help facilitate and strengthen the working relationship of the church staff.”1 Such a view, however, not only lacks scriptural support but flatly contradicts the New Testament Scriptures. One doesn’t need to read Greek or be professionally trained in theology to understand that the contemporary, church-board concept of eldership is irreconcilably at odds with the New Testament definition of eldership. According to the New Testament concept of eldership, elders lead the church, teach