"President" of the Church?
"President" of the Church? We're all familiar with the term "president". Head honcho, Top Dog, Chief Executive Officer, are all words we could substitute for the word president. So why not use this word in the leadership of the church? After all there are many denominations who DO use it. Well the first question to ask, is the office of president (or the implication of a top dog) Biblical? It couldn't hurt anything could it? Why bother oneself with examining the role? To be very honest, I never thought much about it and generally accepted the idea. That is until now. I recently stumbled across the smoldering embers of a formerly strong (10s of thousands) group called "The Way International". We were invited to a local home group hosted by the family of my son's co-worker. Out of respect for the friend of my son's, and for the fact that I support the idea of the home church, we decided to check it out. In defense of the kind local couple...