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Clearspring Church Gloucester | Our Lead Pastor
 

Clearspring Church Gloucester Pastor Paul

PAUL LYNDON BURTWELL (B.A. Honours in Christian Theology and World Religions, University of Gloucestershire; PGCE, QTS in Religious Education, University of  Gloucestershire) is the Pastor of Clearspring church, Brockworth and an Apologist for Professor William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith Ministry. Paul served as Head of  Religious Education for the Bishops College (2008 - 2013), before entering into full time Pastoral ministry in Gloucester. You will often see Paul on Television sharing Bible teaching and Christian perspectives on current issues. He has authored six books and has reached more than five million people with his teaching materials.

Paul is married to Sarah and the couple have three boys. 


Biblical Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons (This is what God wants!) 
 
An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless – not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
Titus 1:6-9
 
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
1 Timothy 3:2-7
 
In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain. They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
1 Timothy 3:8-12

 

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