> -----Original Message-----
> From: H Dorrington [mailto:hjdinfl@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 2:30 AM
> To: soundofgrace@...
> Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Church Service
> 
> Maybe I missed the post but did we ever establish that the duty of
> proclaiming the Word was restricted to just elders, or is it of course the
> duty of elders as well as the duty of the priesthood of all believers?  It
> seems to me that there is a funnel down level of duty in that those who
> are more mature have the duty of teaching/discipling those who are less
> mature.
> 
>   In a teaching elder lead service are we now saying it is wrong for the
> elder to appoint or ask someone to share in the service by reading
> Scripture?  If we really believe that it is wrong, then it is the
> responsibility of the elders to also collect the worship giving through
> the offering, is it not? Then we would have to say it is the duty of the
> elders to play the piano and organ as they proclaim the Word through
> music.
> 
>   So are the spiritual gifts restricted to elders?
> 


My question is this: how could you ever tell anyone *not* to preach the
gospel?

Jeff