Alliance Bible Church - Mequon, Wisconsin
The Prescription: The Politics of the Elder Board
We live in a moment with too little protection for good leaders and too little accountability for bad ones... and the church is not immune. 1 Timothy 5 gives us something rare: a first-century prescription for a problem that feels entirely contemporary. Join us as we work through what the church owes its elders, how to handle accusations against them, and why being slow to appoint leaders may be the wisest thing a healthy church can do. Elders... 1) Appreciation 2) Accusation 3) Appointment ...
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- 16 Aug 2026
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We live in a moment with too little protection for good leaders and too little accountability for bad ones... and the church is not immune. 1 Timothy 5 gives us something rare: a first-century prescription for a problem that feels entirely contemporary. Join us as we work through what the church owes its elders, how to handle accusations against them, and why being slow to appoint leaders may be the wisest thing a healthy church can do.
Elders...
1) Appreciation
2) Accusation
3) Appointment
Text: 1 Timothy 5:17-25
We live in a moment with too little protection for good leaders and too little accountability for bad ones... and the church is not immune. 1 Timothy 5 gives us something rare: a first-century prescription for a problem that feels entirely contemporary. Join us as we work through what the church owes its elders, how to handle accusations against them, and why being slow to appoint leaders may be the wisest thing a healthy church can do. Elders... 1) Appreciation 2) Accusation 3) Appointment ...