No real commentary on this post. I just want to list the requirements of an Elder. Will comment on them in later post. But look over this list and think of the Elders in your church, how do they match up?
I will blatantly pull this from wikipedia, though I’ve added a few at the end.
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Blameless as a steward of God; above reproach (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6-7)
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Husband of one wife; a one-woman man (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:6)
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Temperate, sober, vigilant (1 Timothy 3:2)
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Sober-minded, prudent (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8)
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Of good behavior; orderly, respectable (1 Timothy 3:2)
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Given to hospitality (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8)
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Apt to teach; able to teach; he can exhort believers and refute false teaching (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:9)
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Not given to wine (1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
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Not violent, not pugnacious (1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
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Patient, moderate, forbearing, gentle (1 Timothy 3:3)
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Not a brawler; uncontentious; not soon angry or quick tempered (1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
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Not covetous; not a lover of money; not greedy of base gain (1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7)
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Rules well his own house; his children are faithful, not accused of rebellion to God (1 Timothy 3:4, Titus 1:7)
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Not a novice; not a new convert (1 Timothy 3:6)
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Has a good report or reputation with outsiders (1 Timothy 3:7)
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Not self-willed (Titus 1:7)
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A lover of what is good (Titus 1:7)
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Just, fair (Titus 1:8)
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Holy, devout (Titus 1:8)
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Self-Controlled (Titus 1:8)
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Wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything (1 Timothy 3:11)
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Willing/desiring the role (1 Timothy 3:1)
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[Initially Written: 5.29.2009]