Ordination Service
Ordination Service
Brain A. Padgham Elder
Joshua S. McClennahan
Pastor
Jeremy A. Stoner Elder
It’s Not About Power
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
It’s About Humility!
It’s About Service!
Titus 1:5
“For this reason, I left you in Crete, that you might set in order what remains, and appoint elders in every city as I directed you.”
Acts 14:23
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Ordination:
“A Process”
• Affirms The Call
• Affirms The Person
• Validates God’s Will
Acts 13:2-3
2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands
Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you
Timothy 3:1-7
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, soberminded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
Timothy 3:1-7
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
Titus 1:5-9
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
Titus 1:5-9
7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
The Charge
Candidates, Elders, & Wives Come Up
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: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Timothy 4:1-5:
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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, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
To The Candidates
1. Do you pledge to preach and or teach the Scripture as the inerrant and inspired Word of God, always giving it authority over all authority?
The church will respond with, “I do.”
2. Do you pledge to be consistent in your study of the Word of God showing yourself approved and a workman unto God?
The church will answer, “I do."
To The Candidates
3. Do you pledge to live up to the qualifications of an elder and pastor found in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1?
The church will answer, “I do."
4. Do you pledge not to neglect your family and love your wife as Christ loved the Church?
The church will answer, “I do."
The Signs Of The Office A Bible:
“So live that the Word is near you, on your lips, and in your heart.”
The Certificate of Ordination:
“I present you with this certificate of ordination.
May it be a sign of your promise to uphold the sacred calling of the office of eldership and pastor. Remember that Jesus said,
‘Let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.’”
To The People
1. Do you pledge to pray for the Brian, Jeremy, and Josh as he goes forth as elders and pastor?
The church will respond with, "we do.”
2. Do you pledge to honor Brian, Jeremy, and Josh with the respect and support that is fitting to the office of elder and the role of pastor in accordance to 1 Timothy 5: 17-20?
The church will answer, "we do."
To The People
3. Do you pledge to respect these men’s time with their family?
The church will answer, "we do."
4. Do you pledge to recognize Brian and Jeremy as Overseers of this church, and Josh as pastor?
The church will answer, "we do."
Acts 20:28
“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”