Dr' Gene A' Getz

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The Household Leadership Model

• Dr. Gene A. Getz

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Supracultural Principle

• Spiritual leaders should manage and shepherd the
  church just as fathers are to manage and care for
  their families.

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(A Definition)
Supracultural Principles
Doctrinal truths that grow out of biblical
functions and directives which can be applied in
any culture of the world and at any moment in
history.
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Guidelines

• 1. To formulate biblical principles that are
  supracultural, we must look at the totality of
  Scripture on a particular subject.

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Guidelines

• 2. As we study a particular subject in
  Scripture, we must follow Gods unfolding
  revelation.

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Guidelines

• 3. In order to formulate biblical principles
  that are supracultural, we must be sure to
  interpret Scripture accurately.

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1 Timothy 517

• The elders who direct the affairs of the church
  well are worthy of double honor, especially those
  whose work is preaching and teaching.

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The Local Church(Gods Household)
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Disciples
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Disciples Brothers
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Disciples Brothers Saints
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A local church is a functional expression of the
universal church in a particular geographical
location at a particular time in history
The Local Church(Gods Household)
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Acts 1421-23 They preached the good news in
that city and won a large number of disciples.
Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and
Antioch, strengthening the disciples and
encouraging them to remain true to the faith.
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Acts 1421-23 Paul and Barnabas appointed
elders for them in each church and with
prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord,
in whom they had put their trust.
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)

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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Cornelius
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Cornelius Philemon
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Cornelius Philemon Lydia
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Cornelius Philemon Lydia Philippian Jailer
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Marriage
Ephesians 531 For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
The Family(Church in Miniature)
Marriage

Individual Believers
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Just as each of us has one body with many
members, and these members do not all have the
same function, so in Christ we who are many form
one body, and each member belongs to all the
others (Romans 124-5).

Individual Believers
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you
teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,
and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs
with gratitude in your hearts to God (Colossians
316).

Individual Believers
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
From him the whole body, joined and held
together by every supporting ligament, grows
and builds itself up in love, as each part does
its work (Ephesians 416).

Individual Believers
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The Local Church(Gods Household)
Romans 161-2 Phoebe, a servant of the church in
Cenchrea.
Phoebe
Individual Believers
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Husbands

Individual Believers
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Ephesians 522-23 Wives, submit to your husbands
as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of
the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his
body, of which he is the Savior.
Husbands

Individual Believers
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Ephesians 525 Husbands, love your wives, just as
Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her.
Husbands

Individual Believers
Primary Servant-leaders
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Fathers
Husbands

Individual Believers
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Ephesians 64 Fathers, do not exasperate your
children instead, bring them up in the training
and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers
Husbands

Individual Believers
Primary Servant-leaders
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Elders
Fathers
Husbands

Individual Believers
Primary Servant-leaders
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Elders
1 Timothy 34-5 He must manage his own family
well and see that his children obey him with
proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to
manage his own family, how can he take care of
Gods church?)
Primary Servant-leaders
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Husbands Wives

Individual Believers
Servant-leaders
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Romans 163-4 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my
fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their
lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of
the Gentiles are grateful to them.
Aquila Priscilla
Marriage
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Fathers Mothers 1 Thessalonians 27, 11-12
Husbands Wives

Individual Believers
Servant-leaders
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Fathers Mothers 1 Thessalonians 27, 11-12
But we were gentle among you, like a mother
caring for her little children For you know
that we dealt with each of you as a father deals
with his own children, encouraging, comforting
and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who
calls you into his kingdom and glory.
Servant-leaders
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Multiple Fathers Mothers
Fathers Mothers
Husbands Wives

Individual Believers
Servant-leaders
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Supracultural Principle

• Spiritual leaders should manage and shepherd the
  church just as fathers are to manage and care for
  their families.

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Observations
1. Clarifies the servant-leader role for
husbands, fathers and elders as they serve
together with their spouses.
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Observations

• Presents a consistent model with one set of
  supracultural principles that apply to all social
  units within the church.

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Observations

• 3. Presents a model that includes all
• individuals in the church who serve as key
  leadersmarrieds with or without children as well
  as singles.

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Observations

• Provides a model for developing an array of forms
  and structures for both men and women in order to
  carry out leadership functions without violating
  the gender roles God has instituted in Scripture.

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Observations

• Provides a model for interpreting correctly all
  scriptural directives regarding leadership
  without superimposing our own cultural forms on
  biblical functions.

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Observations

• 6. Provides a model for making decisions
  regarding leadership roles in ministries that are
  much larger than the local church.

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Para-Church
Local Church
Christian Ministries
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The Household Leadership Model
Dr. Gene A. Getz