Q2 - What is God? - The Gospel Coalition

The guys tackle the second question in the catechism, What is God?

Tim Elmore (MCE, MDiv) is married to a wonderful daughter of Christ with whom he has three children. For more than twenty years, God has seen fit to use Tim to proclaim the Gospel through various ministry roles around the world. Currently, Tim is the Senior Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Stratford, ON. Follow him on Twitter @timelmore2.

Marshall Morden is married to Candace and is new to both fatherhood and pastoral ministry. He recently left his career in business to pursue the Lord’s calling to vocational ministry. He is currently studying at Heritage College & Seminary and is serving as the Associate Pastor at Memorial Baptist Church is Stratford, ON.

Six Responsibilities for the Elders of Every Church

For 28 years, I had the privilege of serving with a group of godly elders. A strong bond in Christ was forged with each of them as we partnered in the gospel together. I recall that about 3 years into my ministry I was asking, ‘What are elders called to do? What should be on our agenda when we meet?’ I’ve learned many churches ask the same questions. At that point our elders dug into Scripture to have a better understanding of our calling. I found our meetings were often inundated with agenda items that seemed to be more operational...