Shepherds or Showmen? Recovering the Biblical Role of Church Leadership

Shepherds or Showmen? Recovering the Biblical Role of Church Leadership

Sola Scriptura Series – Volume 22
The Standard of Truth: Scripture Alone

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What happens when pastors become performers and pulpits become stages?

In a time when spiritual leadership is often measured by social media influence, crowd size, and charisma rather than biblical faithfulness, Shepherds or Showmen? addresses one of the most urgent crises in the modern church: the distortion of the pastoral role. This volume is a bold, Scripture-saturated call to recover the biblical blueprint for church leadership as modeled by Christ and established by the apostles.

Volume 22 of the Sola Scriptura Series is not merely a critique of modern trends — it is a rallying cry for reform. We examine how the rise of entertainment-driven ministry, personality cults, corporate-style church management, and emotionally manipulative leadership have led the Church away from her true foundation. At stake is the very soul of biblical shepherding.

What You’ll Discover in This Volume:

• A return to the servant-hearted, Spirit-led model of leadership as laid out in Scripture

• A detailed contrast between biblical shepherds and modern-day showmen

• Clear teaching on the qualifications and functions of elders, pastors, and deacons

• Insightful exposure of false leadership patterns, including the CEO pastor, the entertainer, the manipulator, and the personality cult leader

• A challenge to today’s leaders to examine their motives, methods, and message in the light of God’s Word

• A path forward for restoring reverence, integrity, and holiness to the pulpit and leadership teams

Who Should Read This Book?

• Pastors and church leaders seeking to realign their leadership with Scripture

• Aspiring ministers and seminary students wanting to understand the biblical role of a shepherd

• Church members who want to discern between godly leadership and harmful imitation

• Truth-seekers and reformers passionate about a purified, Christ-centered Church

Why It Matters:

The health of the Church depends on the integrity of her leaders. If the shepherds become showmen, the sheep are left vulnerable to wolves. Shepherds or Showmen? offers biblical clarity in an age of confusion, helping the Church to return to the authority of Scripture, the example of Christ, and the power of Spirit-filled shepherding.

This is not a comfortable read — but it is a necessary one. It will challenge assumptions, confront compromise, and call every reader to a higher standard grounded not in trends, but in truth.

About the Sola Scriptura Series:

The Sola Scriptura Series is a multi-volume work that boldly proclaims Scripture Alone as the ultimate authority in all matters of faith and practice. Each volume exposes theological error, dispels modern myths, and reestablishes the truth of God’s Word in a time of great deception.

Whether you’re a pastor, disciple-maker, apologist, or simply a believer who refuses to compromise biblical truth, this series is for you.

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Contend for Truth. Stand against Deception. Recover the Shepherd’s Call.

Let’s return to Scripture Alone — and to shepherds who lead by the Word, not by the world.