Church members should become familiar with the biblical qualifications of church officers and pray about those whom God may be calling to serve as elders and deacons. It is God who calls a man to church office (Acts 20:28). Our job is to recognize those whom God has called by discerning those men who fulfill the qualifications set forth in Scripture (e.g. Acts 6:3; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9).
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