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—IMPLEMENTING GOD'S PLAN
—OUR RESPONSIBILITIES RE ELDERS AND DEACONS>
—TERMS AND TITLES (ELDERS AND DEACONS)
—THE WORK OF THE ELDERS
—THE WORK OF THE DEACONS
—IS AN ELDERSHIP OPTIONAL?
—THE PURPOSE OF SERVANTHOOD
—PURPOSE OF ELDERS AND DEACONS
—PURPOSING TO SERVE
—PURPOSE OF QUALIFICATIONS
—GOD’S PURPOSE
—THE READINESS PRINCIPLE
—WHY WAIT? WHAT HINDERS?
—SCRIPTURALLY UNORGANIZED?
—PURISM OR PRAGMATISM?
—READY OR NOT?
—EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION
—SUBMITTING FIRST TO THE SELECTION PROCESS
—THE "RULE" THAT ELDERS HOLD
—THEY PASS NO LAWS
—HOLDING OFFICE, GREEK AND COMMON SENSE
—ARE "APPOINTMENTS" OFFICIAL POSITIONS?
—GOD HAS "SET SOME IN THE CHURCH"
—ARE ALL MEMBERS EQUAL?
—SERVICE DOES NOT EXCLUDE OFFICE
—ASPIRING TO THE OFFICE
—WHO APPOINTS ELDERS AND DEACONS?
—DOES "ELDERS" INCLUDE ONE?
—REASONS FOR A PLURALITY OF ELDERS
—A STEP CLOSER?
—WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE MUSTS?
—A BISHOP MUST BE BLAMELESS
—FALSE ACCUSATIONS
—MEN OF CHARACTER
—MEN OF THE WORD
—MEN OF MATURITY
—MUST ELDERS AND DEACONS HAVE CHILDREN?
—WHY HAVE FAITHFUL CHILDREN?
—IS ONE CHILD SUFFICIENT?
—MUST ALL THE CHILDREN BE FAITHFUL?
—WHAT IS MEANT BY "FAITHFUL"?
—CHILDREN WHO ARE BAPTIZED BELIEVERS?
—LITTLE ONES WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS?
—CHILDREN WHO ARE OBEDIENT AND TRUSTWORTHY?
—ONE WOMAN'S MAN
—MARRIED ONLY ONCE?
—NEVER DIVORCED?
—NOT A POLYGAMIST?
—NOT A WIDOWER?
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