• Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5
  • Acts 20:28
  • Men that desire the work
  • Men that meet the qualifications to a high degree
    • I Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; I Peter 5:2
    • Elder, bishop, overseer, shepherd
  • Men that understand their assigned work
  • Men that do their assigned work
    • Teaching the flock – elders don’t have to do all the teaching, but they do oversee the teaching.
  • Men that understand the “rule” of elders
    • Hebrews 13:17; Matthew 20:25-28
  • Men that lead the flock
  • Mean that are examples worthy to be imitated