The eldership is a very old and wonderful gift of God to his people. This book paints the grand biblical narrative of this office from its beginnings. Todays church cannot afford to ignore Gods past instruction for the functioning of this office. It continues to be a blessing today

Cornelis Van Dam is Professor of Old Testament at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary (Hamilton, Ontario) and holds degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University (BA); Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches (BD); Knox College, University of Toronto (ThM) and Theological University of Kampen, The Netherlands (ThD).