Foundations for Governing any and every Church (Titus 1:1-5)
Malcolm Cunningham, September 16, 2018Part of the The Book of Titus series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
It was unthinkable to Paul that churches would be planted and left without an eldership: 3 essentials for church government in any church.
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Titus 1:1–5 (Listen)
1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
(ESV)