Leadership

Leadership in Churches: Should they become Leaders By Elections or By the Utterance of the Holy Spirit?

All Churches which appoint candidates vying for posts of leadership in the same way like in the secular society by casting votes to elect church leader are wrong. Biblically it is not correct. When you question members of these churches they will quote to justify themselves the scripture in Acts 1:20–26 where the apostles appointed Barnabas and Mathias and voted Mathias to be one of them. Now after the voting of Mathias, did you ever hear about Mathias again? This was not the will of God but the will of the apostles. Let’s also look at Acts 13 how church leaders should be made.

In Acts 1:20–26. I quote “For It is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein, and his bishoprick let another take. Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus and Mattias.

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou has chosen,

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Mathias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Acts 13:2–5 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. To conclude just look at the works of Paul and Mathias then you will see that Paul did greater works of the Lord and ever since Mathias was voted his name never appear again anywhere in the bible meaning it is the method in Acts 13:2-5 that church leaders should follow.

By Coni T. Tawong