Introduction

• Elders are spiritual leaders, not just bosses or business managers.

• I Timothy 3:5

Hold fast the faithful word, exhort and convince the gainsayer – Titus 1:9

Shepherd, feed, tend the flock among them – I Peter 5:2

• Acts 20:28

• I Peter 5:4 – Jesus is the chief shepherd

Watch for the souls of the flock – Ezekiel 3:17; 34:1-10; Zechariah 11:17; Hebrews 13:17

Oversee the flock – Acts 20:28; I Peter 5:1-3

Be examples to the flock – I Peter 5:3

• No matter what qualifications a man may have, if his life is not a good example, he is not qualified to be an elder.