Summary: <br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/radicallychristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Studying-Church-Leadership.png?ssl=1"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> What does the Bible say about church leadership? That’s what Clifton F. Webb has been preaching about recently at the Wayne Road Church of Christ in Romulus, Michigan. Wes McAdams and Clifton Webb discuss this very important subject in today’s Bible Study Podcast.<br> <br> <br> <br> Clifton and Wes discuss the roles of elders, deacons, and preachers. What qualities or characteristics should these leaders possess? What does it mean for an elder to have faithful children? Why does Scripture say so much about a leader’s family? Should a preacher be considered a leader? In what sense does a preacher have authority?<br> <br> <br> <br> These are some of the questions Wes and Clifton explore. We hope you enjoy this conversation and that it helps you love like Jesus.<br> <br> <br> <br> Links and Resources<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/AawW5N83bJ0?si=1MLpA0UKTLtMafe9">Watch This Episode on YouTube</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.wayneroadchurchofchrist.org/">Wayne Road Church of Christ</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Transcript (Credit: Beth Tabor)<br> <br> <br> <br> Radically Christian Bible Study Podcast<br> <br> <br> <br> Studying Church Leadership with Clifton Webb<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Welcome to the Radically Christian Bible Study podcast. I’m your host, Wes McAdams. Here we have one goal: Learn to love like Jesus. I want to begin today by reading II Timothy 4:1‑5. “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober‑minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”<br> <br> <br> <br> Today I’m visiting with my good friend, Clifton Webb, about Christian leadership. We hope that this conversation, as always, helps all of us learn to love like Jesus. <br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Brother Clifton Webb, welcome back to the podcast, Brother.<br> <br> <br> <br> CLIFTON: Thank you, Brother. It’s good to be back on with you.<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: It is good to see your face, good to hear your voice, although I’ve been hearing your voice quite a bit lately. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been listening to some of your sermons, and I told you before we hit record that it feels like we’ve been having a conversation already because you’ve been talking to me, but now I get the chance to talk to you. So I’m excited to talk about what you’ve been preaching about, but why don’t you go ahead and tell us, what have you been teaching or preaching lately? <br> <br> <br> <br> CLIFTON: Well, as of late, I know we just came out of a leadership series on the roles and the responsibility of the elders, preachers, and deacons. <br> <br> <br> <br> And before I go into that, I just want to say thank you for just having me on this, you know, wonderful podcast. You know, I’ve always enjoyed you. You have been a tremendous encourager to me in my walk. One of the things I could tell you, man, I ‑‑ you’ll recall when we was in a forum that you and I are on, and I was just basically telling you, at one time, my spirit’s kind of low, but it’s been my first work at the Wayne Road Church of Christ,
