The Journey Through 1 Timothy

Leading a local church is no easy task. It involves not only preaching and teaching but also administration, discipline, pastoral care, protecting the flock from false teaching, and helping the body to select others for leadership. As Paul enters the latter years of his ministry, he writes the to his younger colleague, the pastor Timothy, this letter known to us as the book of 1 Timothy. Here he offers divinely inspired advice and instruction for the task of leading the church in the city of Ephesus. All who have or seek positions of leadership in the church should study this book carefully, but so also should all believers for its teaching has relevance to us all, both personally and in relation to the church.