1. Call For The Elders
James 5:13-16
By David Dann

2. Call For The Elders

3. Call For The Elders
Qualified elders are needed in every local church.

4. Call For The Elders Acts 14:23
23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

5. Call For The Elders Titus 1:5
5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you…

6. Call For The Elders
Qualified elders are needed in every local church.

7. Call For The Elders Qualified elders are needed in every local church.
An important relationship is to be maintained between the elders and the rest of the members of the church.

8. Call For The Elders James 5:13-16
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

9. Call For The Elders Qualified elders are needed in every local church.
An important relationship is to be maintained between the elders and the rest of the members of the church.

10. Call For The Elders Qualified elders are needed in every local church.
An important relationship is to be maintained between the elders and the rest of the members of the church.
What has to happen in order for this relationship to be successful?

11. Call For The Elders

12. Call For The Elders
Understand The Role Of
The Elders

13. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders Acts 20:28
28 "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood."

14. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders 1 Peter 5:1-4
1 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed:
2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock;
4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

15. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders
1 Corinthians 12:25
25 …that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

16. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders 1 Timothy 3:5
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

17. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders 1 Peter 5:2-4
2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock;
4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

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19. Call For The Elders
Call For The Elders
When In Need

20. Call For The Elders Call For The Elders When In Need James 5:13-16
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

21. Call For The Elders Call For The Elders When In Need 1 Timothy 3:1-4
1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence…

22. Call For The Elders Call For The Elders When In Need 1 Timothy 3:5-7
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

23. Call For The Elders Call For The Elders When In Need Titus 1:6-9
6 …if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,
9 holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

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25. Call For The Elders
Help The Elders Serve
With Joy

26. Call For The Elders Help The Elders Serve With Joy Hebrews 13:17
17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

27. Call For The Elders Understand The Role Of The Elders.
Call For The Elders When In Need.
Help The Elders Serve With Joy.

28. Will you do your part in the Lord’s work???