There’s something good and right about a pastor fighting to stay out of the weeds of church administration. To put a slight spin on the apostles’ words, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the Word of God to manage spreadsheets and review facility-use policies” (see Acts 6:2).
Nonetheless, there is a ditch on the other side to avoid, too. While we shouldn’t focus too much on administration, we shouldn’t totally ignore it.
God calls us to provide oversight to the entire ministry of our churches—including shepherding the deacons in their work.
TWO BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
1. Elder oversight involves giving some attention to administration.
Several times the elders are said to exercise “oversight” or are simply called “overseers” (e.g. Acts 20:28; Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:1-2; Tit. 1:7; 1 Peter 5:3). The term suggests that their work includes superintending
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