Do elders really need to be qualified

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified
Lessons on Church Leadership

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified?
Do shepherds need to be qualified?
Do school teachers have to be qualified?
Do babysitters have to be qualified?

Qualified in leadership
Qualified in character
Qualified in actions

“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock… I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.”
(Acts 20.28-30; ESV)

Qualified in Leadership
Timothy:
Husband of one wife
Respectable
Manage his household
Keeping his children submissive
Not a recent convert
Titus:
Husband of one wife
Children are believers
Hold firm to the word
Rebuke those who contradict

Qualified in Character
Timothy:
Above reproach
Sober-minded
Not a drunkard
Lover of money
No puffed up
Well thought of by outsiders
Titus:
Above reproach
Not open to charges
Not arrogant
Not a drunkard
Not greedy for gain
Lover of good
Upright
Holy
Disciplined

Qualified in Actions
Timothy:
Self-controlled
Hospitable
Able to teach
Not violent
Gentle
Not quarrelsome
Titus:
Not quick tempered
Not violent
Hospitable
Self controlled
Gives instructions

Qualified in leadership
Qualified in character
Qualified in actions

Do Elders Really Need to be Qualified
Lessons on Church Leadership

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Do elders really need to be qualified

by Chris Gallagher on Mar 31, 2011

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