How is the church to function? What are elders and how are they to be chosen? Can women serve in leadership and pastoral positions within the church? Is church “membership” even a biblical concept?
At the core of the New Testament church was a basic leadership structure that revolved around the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ. In the most important series taught at Milestone Church thus far, our teaching pastor begins the discussion of how the church is to function, how it is to be organized, and how it is to accomplish the very daunting task that God has entrusted to it.
5/17/2009 – Women in Ministry, Josh Crain — sermon length is 39:31 minutes
Part 1 of the series, The Core. Churches have held differing opinions on the involvement of women in church leadership for centuries. In this message Josh lays the biblical foundation for why Milestone Church encourages women to serve in every capacity God has gifted them in.
Audio — 4.6 MB
High-Quality Audio — 18.2 MB
5/24/2009 – Elders, Josh Crain — sermon length is 52:03 minutes
Part 2 of the series, The Core. Continuing to lay out the leadership structure of Milestone Church, Josh shows the biblical qualifications of Elders and how the office will be handled at Milestone.
Audio — 6.1 MB
High-Quality Audio — 23.9 MB
6/7/2009 – Covenant Partners, Josh Crain — sermon length is 48:48 minutes
In the 4th and final message of The Core, Josh explains the biblical precedent for church membership and explains while Milestone Church is completely tossing the traditional implementation for it in favor of a more biblical model we're calling "covenant partners." Instead of a right for privilege, Milestone covenant partners are called to a life of service.
Audio — 5.7 MB
High-Quality Audio — 22.4 MB
