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A Renaissance of Ruling Elders in the #Presbyterian Church in America
One of the most outstanding features of my denomination is the parity of it's lay leaders with the clergy. We have seen what happens in every field of endeavor when the people get lazy and decide to "leave it to the experts" to handle. We left education to teachers and look at the result now, for example. Kids being confused, groomed, and even mutilated by these "experts." When a #church decides to "leave #theology to the experts," the results become every bit as absurd as the public schools have - and with eternal consequences.
In the #PCA, we distinguish between "lay elders" and "clergy" by calling the #clergy "Teaching Elders" and lay leaders "Ruling Elders." The Bible makes no such distinction between Elders at all. of course. But we need to distinguish them somehow, and this way made sense to the founders of the PCA. I'm okay with it as long as the parity is maintained: #Pastors and lay Elders (Teaching Elders and Ruling Elders, if you will) are equal in "rank" and authority in PCA churches. But over the years (we just had our 50th General Assembly) churches have gotten lazy and increasingly have left matters of faith and practice to "the experts." You know, the ones who went to divinity school and got all that fancy book learnin'. Now even the once stalwart PCA has had a four-year struggle with matters as obviously immoral, unbiblical, and shameful as homosexual acts among it's members and leaders.
That has finally got the attention of the laid-back Ruling Elders, who are returning in greater numbers now to Presbytery and General Assembly meetings to counter the trends brought on by past neglect of the "Ruling Elders." It's nice to see it! And I hope it isn't too late.
Further Reading: Ruling Elder Renaissance
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