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ELDER RECOMMENDATION FORM
Thank you for your participation in our process of adding new elders to the Elder Board. We select elders based on the standards established in scripture, particularly I Timothy 3 and Titus 1. We list the qualifications below, but we also encourage you to read these passages.
Elder Qualifications
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Above reproach
Not self-willed
Hold fast the faithful word
Prudent
Respectable
Husband of one wife
Gentle
Hospitable |
Free from the love of money
Able to teach
Love what is good
Just
Self-controlled
Not pugnacious
Have believing children |
Good report
Not quick tempered
Temperate
Devout
Not addicted to wine
A good manager of his household
Uncontentious |
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