What Constitutes a New Testament Church? Part II

2.  Biblical Leadership

A bishop (overseer) then must be blameless (nothing to be laid hold of), the husband of one wife (a one woman man), vigilant (watchful), sober (self-controlled), of good behaviour (orderly), given to hospitality (loving strangers), apt to teach (skilled in teaching); Not given to wine (clear minded), no striker (peaceable), not greedy of filthy lucre (eager for base gain); but patient (gentle), not a brawler (contentious), not covetous (a lover of money);

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?  

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil (the accuser of the brethren).  Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. I Timothy 3:2-7

  Definitions are from Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, copyright 1984, 1996, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, TN

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