What’s the difference between a pastor and elders?

I was chatting with someone yesterday and explaining how co-equal, plural eldership works in our context. One of the questions was, how is the pastor

If decisions never go against you, is your eldership truly plural?

It is my view that the biblical model for church leadership is a plurality of elders. I understand there may be cases in which there

The blessing of plural eldership

The Bible is quite clear about the need for multiple elders in the church. It was the pattern established in Acts once churches had been

What is plural, co-equal eldership?

Five ways to encourage genuinely co-equal plurality among elders

Most nonconformist churches – particularly of the baptistic persuasion – believe in plural eldership. At least, we say we do. Often, our model may be