I agree as well. I'm an elder in our church and I try to avoid using Elder in front of my name. I rather state my name and put Elder after a comma. That way it is not a title but rather an office. Paul never went by "Apostle Paul". He wrote, "Paul, an Apostle".

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Jim
An Elder, Harvest Reformed Church (RCUS),Minot, ND
http://www.harvestreformedchurch.org/
http://tbftgoggi.wordpress.com/

Upon a life I did not live; upon a death I did not die, Another's death, Another's life, I'd rest my soul eternally
Omnia dicta fortiora,si dicta Latina
Si vis pacem, para bellum