Expert: Onaga Thomas - 3/29/2006

Question
Dear Onaga,
  Greetings from the Carolina's,
  My question is, is are Elders responsible for their children after the children have left his household?

Answer
Thankyou Leonard


 While the bible does speak of the submission and obedience of the wife and children as qualifications for being an elder, it speaks of them as a household.  The bible says that if a man can not rule over his own household, how can he take care of the Church of God.  If a man is already and Elder and his children are old enough to leave home, those children are no longer under the "household."  Since the children are grown enough to leave they become responsible for themselves now that they have to take care of themselves.  Elders are not responsible for their grown children if those children can take care of themselves (own house, car, food, paying of bills).

God BLess

Onaga