“He gave apostles, prophets, evangels, shepherds and teachers to prepare and position the holy ones to operate in serving within the systems of Christ’s body” (Ephesians 4:11-12).

More than one elder should be involved because any elder may focus more on personal restoration to the exclusion of leadership restoration. Often, one leader will assume personal restoration is all that is needed for ministry restoration. Thinking about personal restoration without even considering leadership dynamics will always lead to future or repeated disaster.

I was so appalled by a blog posted and celebrated on FB that I felt compelled to answer the horrifyingly inaccurate and inconsistent statements and conclusions it offers on spiritual fathering.

Wounded warriors afraid of further wounding cannot be allowed to participate in the battle. Deadly fear spreads and freezes them and those around them. Dangerous hesitation destroys the timing of the urgent response to the enemy.

if what we have now were functioning as Jesus designed and defined ekklesia, the present “church-anity” would be something the world has never seen before.

Here’s the problem: the church is not in the religion mountain and never has been.