Biblical Eldership: Restoring the Eldership to Its Rightful Place in the Local Church

by Alexander Strauch

For 35 years Biblical Eldership has been the premier book explaining the biblical teaching on church eldership, which is shared pastoral leadership by a council of scripturally qualified, Spirit-placed elders. Biblical Eldership has helped ignite a worldwide awakening to this long-neglected and misunderstood subject.

This new edition is a comprehensive revision. For those who love solid Bible exposition, this is a much-welcomed volume. Every New Testament passage on eldership is carefully interpreted and expounded, allowing the biblical authors to speak for themselves. By interacting with the latest scholarship and addressing all key issues of this important topic, the author makes a significant contribution to the subjects of church government and pastoral leadership.

Biblical Eldership serves as a commentary, resource tool, and textbook for developing shepherd elders. Thousands of churches worldwide have used this book for training biblical elders, with over 250,000 copies in print in more than 20 languages. With this thoroughly updated edition, Biblical Eldership will continue to be the go-to standard resource for years to come.

368 pages, Hardcover

Published January 15, 2024

About the author

1832-1893

Reviews

[Andrew Krom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biblical Eldership is an excellent resource on the biblical evidences for a plurality of equal elders. Strauch helps the reader see the biblical model for each church to have a plurality of elders shepherding the church from a number of biblical passages on the topic. In the book, Strauch leaves no stone unturned as he shows with detail the Bible's clear teaching on the topic. I read this as part of an Eldership Cohort and it was very thorough and helpful.

[Sean Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. I don't think you are going to find a better resource on eldership. I have known Alex for 50+ years and he lives out what he preaches. If anyone has lived out Biblical eldership, it is the author. I highly recommend this for any believer, but especially those who have been or will be an elder. Thanks Alex.

[Travis Breedveld · Rating 5 out of 5]

quite helpful providing the theological and practical knowledge about church leadership. I will admit that I am biased as he was reinforcing what I already believe, which means I tend to favor this as a resource

[Walter Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great content, second half was good but overall it was extremely repetitive. Read the front half of this book and you’ll get the pertinent message the author is seeking to convey.

[Richard Cobb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book. Foundational and very thorough. But yeah, he doesn’t need to go through a second qualification list in the second half of the book. Just do it concurrently and this would be 5 stars.

[Colter Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend this book if you want to understand the Biblical Office of Elder. The beginning of the book summarizes the Biblical model and it's application, while the remainder walks sequentially through the major passages that deal with the subject of Elders. Whether or not you aspire to the Office of Elder, this book will help you understand what it means to shepherd a church, who is and who isn't qualified to do so, and how the Biblical model of Eldership promotes the flourishing of the Church.

[Kevin Gunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book for church leaders, pastors and elders on the roll of the elder and the importance of the position as well as equipping future elders well

Plus an accompanying podcast to go along with the book: https://pca.st/podcast/080b8990-a979-...

[Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good handbook on eldership, but repetitive.

[Sarah Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick guide to help understand eldership in a church- and the importance of it!