To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder . . . Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care . . . being examples to the flock. Elders were also responsible to teach how to be overcomes. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
Teaching involves instruction, correction and the equipping for ministry of the believers.
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up. The Process New Hope Follows to Select Elders. To be eligible for nomination as an elder, the person must be serving as Lay Pastor. First, in the ministry of a Lay Pastor a person demonstrates the following essentials of a leader. There is a small group that is sticking together.