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Originally Posted by CC1
The Bible is not specific regarding a lot of aspects of church government. I don't think the bible advocates or prohibits plural equal leadership. However I do believe that common sense and human nature precludes it from being successful the vast majority of the time.
Nature does not have many if any two headed animals. I believe in checks and balances and no one person should have unchecked power and no accountability. However at the end of the day I believe that leadership in any endeavor only works with one person being the primary leader. We don't hve Co Presidents of the United States nor do countries with a parlimentarian form of government have Co Prime Ministers. There is a reason for that. The reason is that it will not work. Are there exceptions? Of cousre just as there is with most things.
If you want to dabble in co equal plural leadership I say go for it. Hope it works for you. Not for me though and certainly not something the bible calls for.
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Since when was the church supposed to operate like the rest of the world government systems? See, that is the kind of reasoning that people use to prop up a pastor/priest idea.
God gave gifts to the church, there were 5 gifts of governing ministry, not one. Jesus is the head, and all ministry submits to Christ. Pretty simple.
Yet, the dictatorship idea continues, because man really wants a kingdom to be built, his kingdom, and not God's. Jesus came to change the way ministry operates, and it was never designed to be a one-man show.
Remember, there were five gifts of ministry given, not one! And Christ the head over all.
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