The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Pastor's wife

Typical of a Presbyterian denomination to bifurcate the ONE OFFICE of elder into two, where Scripture only gives one set of qualifications for the ONE office. My personal view is that the most orthodox and trained elder needs to take those men aside who exhibit gifts for the office and teach and prepare them. If the congregation, which should be putting forth such men, also recognizes those gifts then if formal training is needed or desired, then the church should financially support them and provide for them in that training. Of course, given the situation today, WHERE would you send them, given all the heretical teachings that are being allowed in most of the once lauded institutions... but that is another matter.