This series speaks very well to the need for mutual accountability within a congregation, which can come through a plurality of elders as well as an understanding of the proper polity to be exercised within a Baptist congregation.
I’m not particularly fond of Roys reporting style, but in this case she pretty much nails these 2 master manipulators to the wall for being Elmer Gantry.
The Irony! Mark Driscoll Gets ‘Matthew 18ed’ for Slamming ‘Strip’ Act at Men’s Conference
In our case it is pragmatic in nature, for those who will be assisting in the preliminaries (to the sermon). On a more ideological scale, it can be seen as a supportive extension of the ministry of the word (ie, "lifting up Moses arms").