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The same leading and managing principles involved in shepherding sheep also apply to shepherding the local church.  A congregation needs leadership, management, governance, guidance, counsel, and vision.  Hence all elders must be, to some measure, leaders and managers.  The eldership must clarify direction and beliefs for the flock.  It must set goals, make decisions, give direction, correct failures, affect change, and motivate people.  It must evaluate, plan, and govern.  Elders, then, must be problem solvers, managers of people, planners, and thinkers.

Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch, page 26