Leadership

We believe that the leaders of the church are called by God and endorsed by the Body to direct the affairs of the local church. The Scriptures are clear that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church (Ephesians 1:9, 1:22-23, 4:15, 5:23); Jesus is the Apostle who plants the Church (Hebrews 3:1;. Jesus is the Senior Pastor who builds the Church (Matthew 16:18); Jesus is the Senior Pastor who rules the Church (1 Peter 5:4); And, it is ultimately Jesus who closes churches down when they have become faithless or fruitless (Revelation 2:5). Therefore, it is absolutely essential that a church love Jesus, obey Jesus, imitate Jesus, and follow Jesus in all ways according to the teaching of His Word (Colossians 3:16).

So how do we practically lead the church, of which Jesus is the head? We think the best method might be to keep it simple, so as to stay focused on becoming like Christ and fulfilling His mission.

Pastors are the leaders of the church who are also called elders, bishops, and overseers (Acts 20:28, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Peter 5:2) in the Bible. The pastors/elders are men chosen for their ministry according to clear Biblical requirements (1 Timothy 2:11-3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9). The elders are always spoken of in plurality because God intends for more than one man to lead and rule over the church as a safeguard for both the church and the man. The following pastors lead the ministries @ TDC (there are currently 4):

Other leadership within the church comes in the form of deacons, who lead our ministry teams. All leadership @ TDC does come from within the body, when men or women (who meet with Biblical Criteria to lead from 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1) in the church go through an intensive time of testing and aproving to lead and are then put in place by the body (a process after 1 Tim. 3:10 so that no one would be put into leadership too quickly to protect them and the church).