OPC Ruling Elder Podcast
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A podcast to encourage ruling elders in their work in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and beyond. Each podcast drops the 15th of each month.
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- Able to Teach · 45 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 10John Muether reflects on the qualification “able to teach”. John has served as a ruling elder for 35 years, first in Lake Sherwood OPC for 12 years and then in Reformation OPC…
- Elders: Serious and Spiritual · 42 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 9Rev. Craig Troxel continues the Podcast discussion of qualifications for elders, emphasizing the need for godly character. Ruling elders are to be sober-minded, self-controlled…
- Qualifications for Eldership 1 · 44 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 8Archibald Allison introduces the Biblical qualifications of ruling elders. Archibald is pastor of Emmaus OPC in Fort Collins, CO. His 1994 article in Ordained Servant (Vol 3…
- Serving at GA and Presbytery · 44 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 7The Rev. Everett Henes, Moderator of this year's General Assembly, reflects on moderating the Assembly and the place and importance of ruling elders participating in the higher…
- Elders and Term Limits · 30 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 6Ruling Elder Keith LeMahieu talks about term eldership. Keith is a ruling elder in Bethel OPC, Oostburg, WI. He serves on the GA Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension…
- The Elders of the People · 49 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 5The Ruling Elder Podcast speaks to Drew Gordon about his book 'The Elders of the People: Leadership in Christ’s Church' (Grassmarket Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025). Drew is a…
- Ruling Elders and Sabbaticals · 50 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 4Rev. Brett McNeill and ruling elder Steve Ethridge of Reformation Presbyterian Church, Olympia, WA, talk about the work of ruling elders before, during, and after a pastor’s…
- The Shorter Catechism · 49 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 3Dr. Stephen Fix talks about John Thomson’s An Explication of the Shorter Catechism. Thomson was an early American presbyterian who played an important part in American…
- Blessed be the tie that binds...Seminaries and Ruling Elders · 48 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 2Dr. David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, talks about the relationship between seminary and church, focusing on how ruling elders and seminary professors…
- Life in the Afternoon · 12 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 1In this episode of the Ruling Elder Podcast we review a new book by Christopher Ash, Not Old, Not Young, Not Done. Following Jesus in Your 50’s and 60’s. (The Good Book Company…
- The Pastor's Pay (Or Don't Muzzle the Ox) · 38 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 11In this episode of the ruling elder podcast John Fikkert draws attention to the excellent Pastoral Compensation Tool made available by the OPC Committee on Ministerial Care. The…
- Considering Pastoral Ministry · 55 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 10Craig Troxel talks about how ruling elders can help men consider a call to pastoral ministry. A call to pastoral ministry has several parts, one is the internal sense of call…
- Spiritual Life and Mental Health · 30 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 9Pastor Shane Lems talks about his recent Ordained Servant review of John Swinton’s book Finding Jesus in the Storm: the Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health…
- Shepherding Military Families · 42 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 8Ruling Elder Mike Cloy talks about how ruling elders and churches can support and shepherd military families. Mike served in a career of 27 years that included combat commands at…
- Foreign Missions · 33 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 7Ruling Elder Joe Jager talks to the Ruling Elder Podcast about Foreign Missions. He gives excellent suggestions on how to encourage missions and missionaries. Matthew 9:37-38…
- Assurance of Faith · 37 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 6Rev. Andy Wilson and Rev. Russell Hamilton talk about Assurance and how The Marrow of Modern Divinity is helpful in untangling this perennial pastoral issue. They clarify of…
- Mental Health, Faith, and Caring Well (Part 2) · 44 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 5In this episode the Rev. Adrian Crum speaks about mental health and faith with the Rev. John Fikkert, a mental health counselor and Director of the OPC Committee on Ministerial…
- Mental Health, Faith, and Caring Well · 47 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 4In this episode the Rev. Adrian Crum speaks about mental health and faith with the Rev. John Fikkert, a mental health counselor and Director of the OPC Committee on Ministerial…
- Encouraging Covenant Youth · 53 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 3The Ruling Elder Podcast talks with Roger Wagner and David Winslow about ruling elders encouraging covenant youth. One of the tasks of ruling elders, as set out by BCO X:3, is…
- Elders and women's ministry · 43 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 2Anneke Fesko and Laurie Tricarico discuss how elders can encourage women in the church. Anneke currently serves the OPC as Care Coordinator for Ministers’ Wives and works for the…
