Leadership

At The Outpost Bible Church, we confess that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and Lord of all the earth. Therefore, it is the Lord Jesus Christ who leads The Outpost by His Word and Spirit.

The leadership listed below is in submission to Christ, and any authority they exercise is a delegated authority.

Qualifications for Elders

The Apostle Paul says, “If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task” (1 Timothy 3:1).  The Scriptures demand that any man who shepherds the flock of God meet the qualifications found in Scripture.  Some of these qualifications include:

• Must be above reproach (1 Tim 3:2)

• The husband of one wife (1 Tim 3:2)

• Sober-minded (1 Tim 3:2)

• Self-controlled (1 Tim 3:2)

• Respectable (1 Tim 3:2)

• Hospitable (1 Tim 3:2)

• Able to teach (1 Tim 3:2)

• Not a drunkard (1 Tim 3:3)

• Not violent, but gentle (1 Tim 3:3)

• Not quarrelsome (1 Tim 3:3)

• Not a lover of money (1 Tim 3:3)

• Must manage his own household well (1 Tim 3:4)

• With all dignity, he keeps his children submissive (1 Tim 3:4)

• Not a recent convert (1 Tim 3:6)

• Must be well thought of by outsiders (1 Tim 3:7)

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