The Titus Mandate

The church is supposed to be the safest place on earth for Christians, so why is it often a place of deep dissatisfaction? Many Christians suffer from difficult church situations and are unsure how to live and worship with such stress, let alone grow in the midst of it. Much of this pain comes from being under poor church leadership. According to Ted Bigelow, if your church doesn’t follow God’s mandate for leadership as set out in the book of Titus, it is almost certainly headed for disaster.

All Christians want to be a part of a safe and godly church so that they can invest in its ministries and mission without fear or compromise. Yet thousands of real churches, perhaps yours, have been infiltrated by dangerous men. Many Christians have been so hurt by these wolves that they have left church, vowing never to return. Other sheep, unaware of what they are witnessing week by week, pay the wolves to preach their error.

In The Titus Mandate, readers will follow Paul’s special attaché Titus on his treacherous mission to the Mediterranean island of Crete. You’ll learn for yourself what Titus experienced as he went toe-to-toe with the wolves, carrying out God’s very public mission to rescue Christians and churches from danger. Paul’s journey will teach you to spot the wolves and protect yourself and those you love from Satan’s most prolific form of spiritual peril.

Through reading this book, Christians will be equipped to:

• Understand the biblical reasons for most negative church experiences and gain scriptural wisdom about their church trials.
• Trust in the Lord whose wisdom brings such trials into His children’s lives, enabling them to move forward in their walks with Christ.
• Discern safe churches from unsafe churches.
• Participate in church in a way that draws them closer to the Lord.

Taking the truth from Scripture and applying it in the church is easier said than done, so The Titus Mandate provides specific instruction on how to live out God’s principles that make church a secure place. One’s confidence in church will be restored as God’s ways are explained, applied, and contrasted with those ways that bring danger. The Titus Mandate is a rescue plan for Christians and their churches. Readers will be able to feel confident that the leadership they have chosen will be trustworthy shepherds for their families.

About the Author

Ted Bigelow attended Boston College as an undergraduate. He went on to graduate school at Harvard and The Masters Seminary,earning both the Master of Divinity and the Master of Theology, both summa cum laude. He also served as student body president in his senior year. Bigelow received his doctoral degree of ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Ordained to the ministry under John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in Los Angeles in 1997, Bigelow entered full time ministry. He has served in both established and new churches, teaching and preaching in Africa, Central America, the Ukraine, and Germany. He is currently the senior pastor at Grace Church in Hartford, CT, a New England church plant now in its 6^th year, and a speaker at many seminars and conferences.

Prior to entering pastoral ministry, Bigelow worked in marketing and sales, project management, statistical forecasting, and in small business consulting with the U.S. government. He also taught business classes at the college level.

Bigelow is married to his wife of over 20 years, Deena. They have four children, Katie, Karryn, Daniel, and David. He resides with his family in Bloomfield, CT. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf.

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