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1)Can women be Senior Pastors? Wrong Question. 2)Can men be Senior Pastors? Answer this from the New Testament and the first question is moot.

@JeffVanderstelt We’ve made churches into Restaurants, where people come weekly to “feed” rather than culinary arts schools where they learn to feed themselves and feed others.

Is it possible that many Christians in the USA don’t look like Jesus because we are satisfied with people passively listening with no expectation of them remembering & practicing what they’ve heard (see Matthew 7:24-27 & James 1:22-25)? Jesus & James call this foolishness.

@Louisppjohnson @reachjulieroys Acts 4:17 ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

@reachjulieroys @lanceford You are a woman and have no right to be commenting on the state of the Church.

The Church was never meant to be a Sunday show from 10-12. Every believer carries the DNA of Christ's body. Every person empowered. Every person necessary. Every person pushing back darkness. But we traded active participation for passive spectating. When the apostolic and prophetic foundation is restored, the Church won't look like a stage... it'll look like a movement. Full Podcast In The 🧵 #JulieRoys #TheRoysReport

@1WayPublishing @reachjulieroys @lukegeraty Loved what you brought, brother.

@reachjulieroys @lanceford @lukegeraty and I discussed this at length a couple of weeks back on the #sacrementalcharismatic podcast: m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgGDhk…

After a frmr Bethel intern went public wth allegations of sexual abuse, ldrs’ decision to label it an “affair” & restore the pastor is under scrutiny. @LanceFord joins me to examine how Bethel’s “culture of honor” protected predators & left victims unsafe. julieroys.com/podcast/bethel…

If Bethel is so packed with PROPHETS, why did NONE of them “discern” the deception within their own camp? youtu.be/LomIbtuxYwQ?si…

Disobeying Jesus' clear commands against worldly hierarchy has become so normal in church leadership that its defenders call the ones that are calling it out "Crazy." Because we are not crazy like them.

@JeffVanderstelt And then include the passage where a person is called Senior Pastor.

Name one person in the New Testament who was called ‘Pastor’. Please include the Biblical passage to back it up.

@gator_2006 @MikeWingerii It’s biblical for those who call themselves leaders to out serve everyone else

@MikeWingerii It’s biblical to serve your leaders

Disgusting. Unbiblical. Red flag.

@pgornell @reachjulieroys NAR is not an "official" organization, etc. But here is a recent article-acgc.us/news/new-apost…

@reachjulieroys @lanceford Is there an official NAR website or somewhere that I can read up on their stated, official positions?

New Roys Report podcast: Guest host @LanceFord speaks with author & pastor Neil Cole about the New Apostolic Reformation and how its teaching on the five-fold ministry has shaped authority & leadership in some churches. Tune in to hear the full discussion: julieroys.com/podcast/exposi…

@Vagabonder77 @reachjulieroys acgc.us/news/new-apost…

@reachjulieroys @lanceford Could you clarify if any of these places identify as NAR, or if that is just a term you are choosing to use to describe them. Thanks.

@rubencervantes @jonochall . Those kinds of processes actually remove bottlenecks rather than create them. The issue isn’t whether leadership exists, but whether authority is carried together in submission to Christ instead of concentrated in a few shoulders...

@rubencervantes @jonochall a single decision-maker. Practically, this works through clearly defined roles, agreed-upon decision domains, shared discernment rhythms, and visible lines of responsibility—so decisions are made close to the work, not pushed upward...

I’m getting lots of genuine questions about what constitutes correct ecclesial structure in light of my critique of the entrepreneurial senior pastor model so prevalent in the US. For those suggesting Presbyterianism - the 16th century Reformers certainly focused extensively on ecclesial structure, and there is much to commend the “plurality of eldership” found in Presbyterian, Congregationalist, and Anabaptist models. But there’s also a reason Pentecostalism and Charismaticism emerged, and it wasn’t merely bad theology and unstable people. And despite those speaking smack about Tim Keller these days he remains my favourite Presbyterian in recent times. A few thoughts however: 1) Every model faces challenges due to humanity’s fallen nature. 2) Local churches should think deeply about their telos - I’ve written a fairly lengthy essay on this, pinned to the top of my account. 3) Scripture provides guardrails regarding who we set in place as overseers and how accusations against them should be handled (in modern parlance - hiring and firing practices). Probably the biggest challenge in modern Western churches is implementing genuine plurality of eldership while avoiding founder syndrome or “senior pastor syndrome.” I need to write more on this - once I have spoken to @lanceford - ha

Even if your allegiances want to deny what your eyes clearly see, you better align with the truth. The Lord knows you know the truth and to choose to deny that is to choose to deny Him. BTW-Jesus is The Truth. To deny the truth is to deny Him.

@ChristaBrown777 Do you have the data source? Don’t doubt it’s true but would love to have the source.

Data shows “70% of female domestic violence victims going first to their pastors for help and only 10% of them saying they would ever do so again given how unhelpful and even harmful their pastor’s responses were.”

This man did more in seconds than most courts do in years

@wartwatch Not good news

"Elevation Church announces launch of Elevation College in conjunction with Assemblies of God's Southeastern University." It's for ministry-minded college students who want to learn how to do it "Elevation's way." Lots of little Furticks, maybe? christianpost.com/news/elevation…

If your church is so big that your pastor (Shepherd) doesn't know your name then that person is not you shepherd. That person is your Rancher.

The Power and Beauty of Colaboring For church leaders it is vital to embrace the beauty of collaboration among your team. Hard hierarchy shuts the other voices down. If you view the others as "your employees" and "your staff" you forfeit collaboration. This is why the vernacular of the New Testament is vital: colaborer is Paul's favored term for those he mentored and worked with (uses it 13X). SEE that term. Co-laborer = Co-llaboration. You will never experience the synchronization of collaboration unless and until you view and refer to your team members as colaborers.