Church Elders Interfere Medical

How religion can interfere with medical treatment | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/health/religion-medical-treatment/index.html

Christian Scientists believe that the primary method of healing should be through prayer, and many members have in the past been against modern medical …

10 Things You Should Know about Church Elders

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Besetting Sins of Lay Elders : 9Marks

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Of course, all elders are charged with oversight of the church, but each elder governs alongside others and doesn’t need to exercise authority in every sphere in …

Church Members Must Watch Their Elders’ Life & Doctrine

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Church members should regularly evaluate their church’s teaching ministry to ensure it’s maintaining the biblical standards. For example, the noble Bereans …

How the religious right is interfering in medicine and …

https://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/how_the_religious_right_is_interfering_in_medicine_and_putting_patients_in_danger_partner/

Contrast this with the worldview of medical science—that human suffering is a natural phenomenon; that our experience in this world is controlled by physical and biological …

What are the duties of an elder in the church?

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1) The elders help to settle disputes in the church. “While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the Christians …

What Are The Responsibilities Of A Church Elder?

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For certain, elders are to be, like all Christian men are, a one woman man or faithful to their wife (Titus 1:6; 1st Tim 3:2) but “He must manage his own household well, …

How much authority should a pastor have over a church?

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Jesus is “the head of the church” (Ephesians 5:23) and “the chief Shepherd” (1 Peter 5:4). The church rightly belongs to Christ, and He is the authority over it …

Elders Rule! But Congregations Decide - Religious …

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Those who think that churches should be governed by a self-perpetuating boards of elders have two main arguments. The first is that the sheep (i.e., ordinary …

Is There a Different Process of Church Discipline for …

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In order to promote the purity of the church and the testimony of the gospel, Christians must ensure that the other members of their church are living in a way that …