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To: kawaii
The relevant scripture is in 1 Timothy

3:1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer [pastor, or bishop], it is a fine work he desires to do.

3:2 "An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3:3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

3:4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

3:5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

3:6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

3:7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

13 posted on 01/15/2007 8:50:22 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: LiteKeeper

All of which 1 Corinthians 14 underscores...


15 posted on 01/15/2007 8:51:40 PM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: LiteKeeper

Would Paul and Jesus have been disqualified from this job? Neither were married.


17 posted on 01/15/2007 8:53:15 PM PST by Blogger
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