Remnant Bible Church is just starting out, currently in the planning stages. If the Lord is willing, the objective is to establish a local fellowship that leverages online, face-to-face technologies to help genuine Remnant believers connect real-time. An option under consideration is to use online tools to enable Bible studies and meetings.
If you meet the Biblical qualifications for church elders and believe that the Holy Spirit may be calling you to service in the effort to establish Remnant Bible Church, please contact Barry Foster for further exploration of the opportunity.
Barry Foster — barry@remnant.icu
Qualifications for Elders
- A genuine, born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ
- Agreement with the purpose and “We Teach” for Remnant Bible Church
- Ability and willingness to trust the Bible alone for everything in doctrine and practice
- Willingness and ability to serve in the model of a servant-leader, while adamantly rejecting command-and-control exhibited in most local churches.
- Willingness and ability to serve without any form of compensation.
- Christian men only: “I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.” (1 Timothy 2:12, LSB)
Jesus’ Command: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:25–28, LSB)
1 Timothy 3 Qualifications: “It is a trustworthy saying: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but considerate, peaceable, free from the love of money; leading his own household well, having his children in submission with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the devil. And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” (1 Timothy 3:1–7, LSB)
Titus 1 Qualifications: “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination. For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.” (Titus 1:5–9, NKJV)
1 Peter 5 Qualifications: “Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion, but willingly, according to God; and not for dishonest gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.” (1 Peter 5:1–4, LSB)