The Office Of Elder: The Qualifications of an Elder

The special office in the church is the highest position that any person can possibly hold in this world. In distinction from the minister, or teaching elder, the ruling elder is overseer over the flock as ambassador of Jesus Christ. Therefore Scripture uses the term bishop, which means overseer. He must comfort the weary, admonish the wayward, and drive away the wolves that appear in sheep's clothing. He must see to it that the flock is well fed in the green pastures of the Word, having...