7. Spirit-Led

Under elder leadership, we seek to make decisions in the church by prayerful consensus and leading of the Holy Spirit, rather than by one person’s authority or by congregational voting (Acts 15:28).

The New Testament does not picture the church as a dictatorship or a democracy. Biblical images used to describe the way a church functions are a family or body where each member is necessary and valuable but with distinct functions.

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Scripture References:

Acts 15:28
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements