Course Overview

This comprehensive training program equips current and aspiring church leaders with biblical foundations and practical skills needed for effective eldership. Based on New Testament principles, this course covers the essential qualifications, responsibilities, and character traits required for healthy church leadership.

What You’ll Learn

  • Biblical qualifications and responsibilities of elders
  • How to provide protection, direction, and correction to the church
  • Understanding fields of ministry and decision-making processes
  • Building and maintaining healthy leadership teams
  • Developing spiritual sons and daughters through mentoring
  • Conflict resolution and disciplinary procedures
  • Personal spiritual health and leadership endurance

Course Format

This course consists of 12 comprehensive sessions, each including:

  • Video presentation by experienced church leaders
  • Written materials and biblical references
  • Discussion questions for group interaction
  • Practical application exercises

Target Audience

  • Current church elders seeking deeper training
  • Emerging leaders being prepared for eldership
  • Pastors and ministry leaders
  • Small group leaders and ministry coordinators
  • Anyone called to serve in church leadership

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants will:

  • Understand the biblical model of eldership and church governance
  • Be equipped to lead with servant-hearted authority
  • Know how to make godly decisions within their sphere of influence
  • Have tools for building trust and unity within leadership teams
  • Be prepared to mentor and develop future leaders
  • Understand how to handle conflict and discipline biblically

Course Content

Session 1: The Need for Biblical Leadership
Session 2: Qualifications for Elders
Session 3: Responsibilities of Elders
Session 4: Understanding Fields of Ministry and Decision-Making
Session 5: The Process of Choosing Elders
Session 6: Working Together as a Team
Session 7: Apostles, Elders, Deacons, and the Fivefold Ministry
Session 8: How Elders Stay Healthy
Session 9: How Elders Build Trust
Session 10: Investing in Spiritual Sons and Daughters
Session 11: Resolving Conflict and Discipline and Restoration
Session 12: Passing the Eldership Tests