Volume 35         October 2003          No. 1 THEME OF THIS ISSUE: THE MODEL CHURCH    ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE1 EDITORIAL………………. Alan E. Highers    The Model Church 3 Church Government………. Phil Sanders7 What Elders Owe the Church Jerry Jenkins11 …………. What the Church Owes Elders  Jeff A. Jenkins15 ……………………. Qualifications of Elders  David R. Pharr20 The Work and Qualifications of Deacons    Jason McDade23 ………… Worship in the New Testament    William Woodson27 ……………………………. Church Discipline  Gary McDade33 ………………. The Mission of the Church  Dan Winkler36 ………………………… Financing the Work  Hugh Fulford40 ………………………. The Preacher's Work  David Sain44 …………………. The Church Is Distinctive    Wendell Winkler