Leadership FLAME

V.1
Jesus established the Church and how the Church should be ran
If we're gonna succeed then we need to follow His plan
So many gather in buildings but that don't make a church
So many children have fallen out are crawling and hurt
We need healthy leadership so we can have healthy churches
Thank God for elders and deacons who seek to worship
Let's take the deacon whose role is to meet physical needs
He is not responsible to teach or even oversee
Deacons manage financial matters while serving the elders
So they can focus on preaching, teaching, studying and praying
But they don't just focus on only just serving the elders
They also help us - Acts 6 to see what I'm saying
They also maintain unity in the Body for sure
Many men like this will make a Body mature
So as we focus on honoring the covenant
I'm urging you towards congregational church government

V.2
They say FLAME don't go soft on this, talk about the offices
Established that the Bible says there's one, two
We've got deacons we've got elders
We've got elders we've got deacons
Any other school of thought just ain't true
Now what the elders do is oversee, spiritually over the Church
Laboring in prayer and in the Word this is the elder's work
Plus they guard us so no false teaching comes seeping in
Plus they guard our souls so nobody goes sink in sin
They're living the gospel out that others may imitate
Privately their counsel route, it's solidly Bible-based
Plus they preach the word, teach the word that the Church may grow
Till He comes back, sky crack, then the Church will go
We're called to submit to them - Hebrews 13:17
God gave them authority, although we are a team
We've got authority too - Matthew 18:15
Yes the tension exists, yes we submit to the King