Joshua Mills

“Spurgeon had a saying that a minister’s congregation would always be the size of his heart. In at least one particular all spiritual leaders have been alike—they have all had large hearts. Nothing can take the place of affection. Those who have it in generous measure possess a magic power over men. Intellect will not do; Bible knowledge is not enough; even an upright life will be found wanting without this greatest of all gifts.”
― A.W. Tozer, Let My People Go: The Life of Robert A. Jaffray

“An elder is not merely a faithful, reliable Christian who shows up to meetings and votes. Rather, an elder sets the pace for the rest of the church. Elders are leaders of strength, wisdom, and integrity, whose lives and character are worthy of being imitated and reproduced in every Christian.”
― Robert H. Thune, Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders

“One office—the office of local church elder—is referred to under three titles: elder, pastor, and overseer/bishop. Some elders may serve the church full time (those we usually call “pastors”), while other elders may serve as lay volunteers. But biblically speaking, elders are pastors and pastors are elders.”
― Robert H. Thune, Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders

“If we must analyze the man, if we must take his soul apart to see what made him the great missionary he was, this would seem to be the answer to our question. We hardly need explore further. He loved God and all God’s creatures. It was as if there flowed within the heart of the man a rising well of affection that had to find an object.”
― A.W. Tozer, Let My People Go: The Life of Robert A. Jaffray