New Converts Leading Churches

Read more about the article “Neophyte Pastors: Can 1 Titus Be Used to Justify Placing New Converts in the Office of Pastor?” by Michael Scott Robinson
New Converts Leading Churches

“Neophyte Pastors: Can 1 Titus Be Used to Justify Placing New Converts in the Office of Pastor?” by Michael Scott Robinson

In this article from 2014, Michael Scott Robinson addresses the promotion of young converts to church leadership. Specifically, Robinson responds to the claim that the church in Crete was young and that Paul's instruction to Titus to appoint elders (Titus 1) implies that Paul was permitting the appointment of new converts. Robinson argues from historical and theological…

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November 1, 2014
Read more about the article “The Ecclesiology of Training for Trainers: The Issue of Method and 1 Timothy 3:6” by John Henry Serworwora
Baptist / Ecclesiology / New Converts Leading Churches / T4T / Women Leading Churches

“The Ecclesiology of Training for Trainers: The Issue of Method and 1 Timothy 3:6” by John Henry Serworwora

John Henry Serworwora is a native Indonesian educated at Mid-America Baptist Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the former president of Jakarta Baptist Theological Seminary (2006-2010). In this 2014 article in the Great Commission Research Journal, he heavily critiques the ecclesiology of T4T, including using new converts as leaders, promoting women to church leadership,…

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July 1, 2014