What is an elder’s role in the reformation of a church?

Jeff Pollard explains in this video that in the church, God has appointed people who have essential roles in seeing reformation take place. Reformation in the church begins with elders. They have no authority in themselves to reform their church. The only authority they have is given to them by Christ through the power of the Spirit according to the Word of God.

It is vital for elders to fill their hearts and minds with God’s truth, to read Scripture faithfully, to prayerfully exegete the passages, to read widely, and be sure that they have carefully understood what the Scriptures mean. Then, they can preach and teach their congregation and make applications that can help to bring about change

1 Peter 5:1-2 (NKJV) – “The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.”

In church and family reform, there are certain persons, God-appointed persons, that have essential roles in seeing reform take place. Effective reform. In a church, it begins with the elders. The elders have no authority, no native authority in themselves. The only authority that they have is that which is given them by Christ through the power of the Spirit according to the Word of God.

It is absolutely vital for those that God has appointed as elders to fill their hearts and minds with God's truth, to read carefully in the scriptures, prayerfully, to exegete the passages properly, to read widely, and to be sure that they have carefully understood what the scriptures actually mean. And then they can begin to preach and to teach in the congregation, making applications that, blessed by the Spirit of God, would begin to bring about change, transformation within the people of God, change in their thinking and therefore change in their lives.