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    ELDER NOMINATION FORM

    The church body at MCC has the joyful opportunity to prayerfully appoint elders to faithfully serve and lead. If there is a man or woman whom God is leading you to nominate, please review, complete, and return this form by December 15, 2024.

    "Instead of searching for leaders with secular qualifications, we are to search for people of character, reputation, ability to handle the Word, and who display the fruit of the Spirit in their lives. Those are the kinds of people we should recognize and into whose hands we should commit the responsibility of leading the congregation."
    -Mark Dever, Deliberate Church, 141.

    To serve as an elder is an honor.  The following are qualifications for this important church leadership position.

    ELDER QUALIFICATIONS

    An elder is a person who:

    • is actively involved at MCC
    • is not a new believer and is mature in the faith (I Timothy 3:6)
    • has been a member for 3 years or more
    • demonstrates character and is above reproach (I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6)
    • if married, honors marriage and is faithful (I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6)
    • maintains a good reputation (I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6-8 )
    • is hospitable (I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8)
    • is able to teach (I Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:9)
    • does not abuse alcohol or drugs (I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
    • is not violent or quarrelsome (I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
    • is not driven by money (I Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
    • manages the family well and is respected by their children (I Timothy 3:4, Titus 1:6)
    • demonstrates Christian maturity and growth (Titus 1:9)

    BIBLICAL REFERENCE

    1 Timothy 3:1-7 NLT

    3 This is a trustworthy saying: "If somcone aspires to be a church leader, he desires an honorable position." 2 So a church leader must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must befaithful to his wife. (b) He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. 3 He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money. 4He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obcy him. For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?

    6 A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to 7 Also, people outside the church must speak well of him so that he will not be disgraced and fall into the devil's trap.

    Titus 1:6-9 NLT

    6 An elder must live a blameless life. He must be faithful to his and his children must be believers who don't have a reputation for being wild or rebellious. 7 A church leader is a manager of God's household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money."

    8 Rather, he must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must love what is good. He must live wisely and be just. He must live a devout and disciplined life. He must have a strong belief in the trustworthy message he was taught; then he will be able to encourage others with wholesome teaching and show those who oppose it where they are wrong.

    Galatians 5:22-23 NLT

    22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things

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