We believe the Bible teaches that local churches are to be led by a plurality of spiritually qualified elders, also called pastors or overseers. Jesus called out twelve men to whom he entrusted his church, a plurality in leadership. Of the 18 times church leadership is mentioned after Christ’s ascension, 15 of them denote plurality in church leadership while the other three are viewed in light of a plural context. From the birth of the church in Acts throughout its growth, the weighty responsibility of church leadership is entrusted to groups of servant-leaders who will give an account to God of their stewardship of his church. God calls such men to carry out four main tasks:

2.To lead the church with grace and truth.
3.To feed the church through Spirit-filled, Biblical teaching.
4.To protect the church from false teaching.

The elders of Summit Crossing Community Church desire to fulfill the same tasks given to the early church leaders.