Elders

" Associated with James in Jerusalem in the local church's government. Acts 11:30
" Associated with the apostles in the decision of the early church council. Acts 15
" Appointed in the churches established by Paul. Acts 14:23
" Addressed the elders by Paul at Ephesus. Acts 20:17-35
" Important role in ministering to the sick. James 5:14,15
" Teachers in the local congregation. I Tim. 5:17:17, I Peter 5:5
" Worthy of Wages? I Tim. 5:18
" Worthy of Double Honor I Tim. 5:17

Duties

1. Take heed unto themselves and to all the flock. Acts 20:28
2. Feed the church of God. Acts 20:28
3. Help the weak. Acts 20:35
4. Exhort in the sound doctrine. Titus 1:9
5. Convict the gainsayers. Titus 1:9
6. Admonish the disorderly I Thess 5:14
7. Encourage the fainthearted I Thess 5:14
8. Be long-suffering toward all I Thess 5:14
9. Exercise the oversight not of constraint I Peter 5:2-3
10. Make themselves an example to the flock I Peter 5:2-3
11. Visit the sick James 5:14
12. Watch in behalf of the souls of the members Heb. 13:17

Qualifications: (Behaviors) Titus1; I Tim. 3

1. be without reproach
2. the husband of one wife
3. temperate
4. sober-minded
5. orderly
6. given to hospitality
7. apt to teach
8. no brawler
9. no striker
10. gentle
11. not contentious
12. no lover of money
13. rules his house well
14. has children in subjection
15. not a novice
16. good testimony
17. believing children
18. not self-willed
19. not soon angry
20. lover of good just
21. just
22. holy
23. self-controlled
24. holding to faithful word