What are the biblical qualifications for undershepherds?
I. The Elder as a Man
1. Blameless
2. Temperate
3. Sober-minded
4. Of good behavior
5. Hospitable
6. Not given to wine
7. Not violent
8. Not greedy for money or covetous
9. Gentle
10. Uncontentious
11. Respectable
II. The Elder and his Family
12. The husband to one wife - "a one woman man"
13. One who rules his own house well
III. The Elder and his Ministry
14. Not a new convert
15. Able to teach
16. Able to refute false teaching and false teachers
17. Takes care of the church of God
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