LEADERSHIP
MINISTRY AT DUNDALK BAPTIST CHURCH IS LED BY ELDERS, FACILITATED BY DEACONS, AND CARRIED OUT BY EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CONGREGATION.
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THE NEW TESTAMENT ESTABLISHES TWO LEADERSHIP ROLES WITHIN THE CHURCH: ELDERS AND DEACONS. ELDERS ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE SPIRITUAL CARE OF THE CONGREGATION, WHILE DEACONS ATTEND TO PRACTICAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS. TOGETHER, THEY ENSURE THAT OUR PEOPLE RECEIVE HOLISTIC MINISTRY — TO BOTH SOUL AND BODY.
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OUR PASTORS
JESUS CALLS QUALIFIED MEN TO LEAD HIS CHURCH AS ELDERS — A ROLE THE NEW TESTAMENT ALSO DESCRIBES AS PASTOR OR OVERSEER.
THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS OFFICE, OUTLINED IN 1 TIMOTHY 3 AND TITUS 1, INCLUDE FAITHFUL FAMILY LEADERSHIP, A PROVEN RECORD OF SERVING JESUS IN BOTH CHURCH AND DAILY LIFE, A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE, A MATURE WALK WITH CHRIST, AND A GOOD REPUTATION AMONG BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS ALIKE.
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THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELDERS INCLUDE PRAYER AND THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE, SETTING THE DIRECTION OF THE CHURCH, PREACHING AND TEACHING, SHEPHERDING AND CARING FOR THE CONGREGATION, LIVING EXEMPLARY LIVES, GUARDING AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINE AND TEACHERS, AND RAISING UP FUTURE LEADERS.
OUR DEACONS
JESUS CALLS QUALIFIED MEN TO SERVE HIS CHURCH AS DEACONS. THE WORD DEACON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS DERIVED FROM A GREEK WORD MEANING "SERVANT" — AND THAT SPIRIT OF SERVANT-HEARTEDNESS DEFINES THE ROLE.
THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR DEACONS, OUTLINED IN 1 TIMOTHY 3, INCLUDE INTEGRITY, GENEROSITY, SOBRIETY, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, A WELL-ORDERED HOME, AND A GOOD REPUTATION AMONG BOTH BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS.
THE OFFICE OF DEACON IS FIRST INTRODUCED IN ACTS 6. AS THE EARLY CHURCH GREW, ELDERS FOUND THEMSELVES STRETCHED ACROSS THE DEMANDS OF PRAYER, STUDY, TEACHING, AND LEADERSHIP — WHILE ALSO MANAGING THE PRACTICAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE CONGREGATION. TO ADDRESS THIS, THE CHURCH APPOINTED DEACONS TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND SHARE IN THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
AT DUNDALK BAPTIST CHURCH, OUR DEACONS SERVE IN THAT SAME SPIRIT — SUPPORTING THE ELDERS BY ATTENDING TO THE DAY-TO-DAY PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE CHURCH, SO THAT THE WHOLE CONGREGATION CAN BE WELL CARED FOR.
