In this sermon from Tenth Presbyterian Church, pastor Phil Ryken (now president at Wheaton College) explores what the Bible teaches about the qualifications for elders.

In this beautiful article by Mikko Sivonen of the Gospel Coalition Norden, Germany, he walks through the importance of how an elder shepherds.

RC Sproul succinctly looks at what it means to shepherd the flock from scripture.

A sermon by pastor David Strain that focuses on the character of a person called to shepherd the flock. He is Scottish, so enjoy his accent if you listen.

This is one of the best podcasts/YouTube series that I have listened to in a long time as a pastor - while I won’t sign off on everything said verbatim, I certainly recommend it! While this isn’t elder-specific, we know that elders in the local church pastor/shepherd its people and they cover various topics you may be interested in.

You can find our series on leadership on our YouTube page!