Congregational led vs. Pastor Led

In 2005 I heard Perry Noble speak at a conference and here are some of his thoughts on leadership in the local church.

If you operated an airplane like you operate most churches, you'd have a pilot and his crew in the cockpit, and they know how to fly that plane, they know every instrument—that's their job. But if it was run like most churches, these pilots, or this crew, before they needed to make an important decision, would have to come out of the cockpit and go into first class and meet with a plumber whose cousin was a pilot at one time, an electrician, a housewife, and a doctor and then after they met with those guys, they would take it back to the coach section for a "business meeting" and a vote. Then after they voted they could go implement what the coach section had told them to do. Now my question to my congregation is, "How many of you want to fly on that plane?" But you want to go to that church? That's why so many churches are crashing and burning—because they are not properly structured.

As I have studied scripture, I have never seen a congregational model work. I see God ordained Pastors and Elders who meet the Biblical Requirements and lead with accountability. I was reminded of this recently when I was talking to the chairman of a search committee at a church where they are having a hard time finding a pastor. I said, I think search committee's are silly. Most of the people on the search committee have no idea what to look for in a pastor except the preaching and that is only 10% of ministry. What about his character & leadership?

If you want to do this reading on this check out 1 Timothy 3; and all of Titus. Does your church vote and got with the majority rules or does a few people get with God and follow His lead.