The Church Needs Biblically Qualified Elders

The Church Needs Biblically Qualified Elders - 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Knowing these qualifications will equip you to: -Evaluate current/prospective elders -Pray for current/prospective elders -Raise up future elders -Strive for personal growth in godliness -Why is desire to serve as an elder a good starting point, but not enough in itself to serve as an elder? What else is needed? -How does ministry provide temptation regarding money and material things? -Why is there a connection between a man's leadership of his home and his leadership in the church? How does a church guard against holding an elder's family to an unrealistic standard? How should a church respond when an elder's children are not under control? -Why would a newer believer be more vulnerable to the pitfalls of pride than someone older in the faith? How did pride lead to the devil falling under judgment? -Why is there only one qualification having to do with skill, while the rest are character-related? What does that tell us? For Further study: Isa 14:12-15; Acts 20:17,26-35; Phil 1:1; 1 Th 4:12; 1 Tim 5:10,17; 6:3-9; 2 Tim 2:26; 3:2-4; Titus 1:5-9; 2:2,5; Heb 3:2-6; 13:2,5,17; 1 Pt 5:1-4,8