Number of elders |
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| Plurality |
Acts 14:23, |
014:023 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had
prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. |
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Acts 15:2,
4,
6 |
015:002 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and
disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain
other of them,
015:004 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church,
and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had
done with them.
015:006 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this
matter. |
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Titus 1:5 |
001:005 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set
in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as
I had appointed thee: |
| Each congregation governs self |
1 Cor. 4:17 |
004:017 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved
son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my
ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. |
| Elders' outreach-their flock |
Acts 20:17 |
020:017 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of
the church. |
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Acts 20:28). |
020:028 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with his own blood. |
Their Work |
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| Watchman |
Heb. 13:17 |
013:017 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they
may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. |
| Mature the congregation |
Eph. 4:11-16 |
004:011 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
004:012 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:
004:013 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of
the fulness of Christ:
004:014 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
004:015 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, even Christ:
004:016 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that
which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure
of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in
love. |
| Discipline the congregation |
1 Thess. 5:12-15 |
005:012 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among
you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
005:013 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And
be at peace among yourselves.
005:014 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the
feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
005:015 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow
that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. |
| Shepherd |
1 Pet.5:1-3; |
005:001 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,
and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory
that shall be revealed:
005:002 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof,
not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
005:003 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to
the flock. |
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Acts 20:28 |
020:028 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with his own blood. |
| Pray for the sick |
James 5:13-18 |
005:013 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him
sing psalms.
005:014 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
005:015 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
005:016 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that
ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
005:017 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space
of three years and six months.
005:018 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought
forth her fruit. |
Our responsibility to them is to
esteem them highly
in love |
1 Thess.5:12-13 |
005:012 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among
you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
005:013 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And
be at peace among yourselves. |
| and to be subject to them |
Heb. 13-.17 |
013:017 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they
may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
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| Qualification |
1Tim 3:1-7 |
003:001 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop,
he desireth a good work.
003:002 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant,
sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
003:003 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,
not a brawler, not covetous;
003:004 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection
with all gravity;
003:005 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take
care of the church of God?)
003:006 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the
condemnation of the devil.
003:007 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest
he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. |
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Titus 1: 5-9 |
001:005 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
001:006 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
001:007 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they
say, nor whereof they affirm.
001:008 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
001:009 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for
the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy
and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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