{"podcast":{"title":"The Sword & The Trowel","slug":"the-sword-the-trowel-1576915","podcast_index_feed_id":1576915,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/1dzg1","website_url":"https://founders.org/the-sword-the-trowel/","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/6015949f6e6558-84128287/images/Sword-Trowel-3.jpg","author":"Founders Ministries","episode_count":418,"summary":"The Sword & The Trowel is the weekly Founders Ministries podcast with Tom Ascol. New episodes drop every Tuesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:19:02.008088+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915"},"episode":{"title":"TS&TT: God's Gift of Elders to His Church","slug":"ts-tt-god-s-gift-of-elders-to-his-church","published_at":"2026-03-05T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/ts-tt-god-s-gift-of-elders-to-his-church","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915","url":"https://the-sword-and-the-trowel.castos.com/episodes/tstt-gods-gift-of-elders-to-his-church","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/6015949f6e6558-84128287/2383835/c1e-41kgrs8gx25s859gw-7zrj92k5f9q2-qsi2lr.mp3","summary":"Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss eldership in the local church focusing on the biblical foundations and qualifications. They provide practical guidance on raising up elders, moving to a plurality of elders, and healthy ways for elders to work together in the church. Show Notes:Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order \"Offensive Christianity\": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order \"Reforming World Missions\": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order \"Foundational Truths for Family Worship\": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.","meta_description":"Today on The Sword & The Trowel podcast, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss eldership in the local church focusing on the biblical foundations and qualif…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3147,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/episodes/ts-tt-god-s-gift-of-elders-to-his-church/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sword-the-trowel-1576915/ts-tt-god-s-gift-of-elders-to-his-church.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}