- Acts 11:30
- Acts 14:21-23
- Acts 15:2,4,6,22,23
- Acts 20:17
- Acts 21:18
Elders are to lead and oversee the church, but they are to do in such a way that cares for, serves and shepherds the church. They are to lead in a way that protects and preserves unity of the church.
Jesse Tunnell
Lead Pastor | Elder
Phone: (817) 771-8923
E-Mail:
Danny Cokenour
Elder
Phone: (817) 597-5949
E-Mail:
Mike Wiley
Elder
Phone: (817) 597-9550
E-Mail:
Chris Martin
Elder
Phone: (817) 597-0875
E-Mail:
Biblical Qualifications of an Elder
1 Timothy 3:1-7
- Above reproach
- Husband of one wife
- Self-controlled
- Sensible
- Respectable
- Hospitable
- Able to teach
- Not an excessive drinker
- Gentle
- Not quarrelsome
- Not greedy
- Manage his household competently
- Not a new convert
- Good reputation
Titus 1:5-9
- Blameless
- Husband of one wife
- Faithful children
- Not arrogant
- Not hot-tempered
- Not an excessive drinker
- Not a bully
- Not greedy
- Hospitable
- Loves what is good
- Sensible
- Righteous
- Holy
- Self-Controlled
- Holds to faithful message
- Encourage with sound teaching
- Refute falsehoods