Elders peste presbuteros

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Elders p?esß?te??? presbuteros
Older, elder, a title of Jewish life to refer
to designated mature spiritual leaders.
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II Corinthians 24 (NASB)

• For out of much affliction and anguish of heart
  I wrote to you with many tears not so that you
  would be made sorrowful, but that you might know
  the love which I have especially for you.

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II Corinthians 1124-29 (NASB)

• Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine
  lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once
  I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a
  night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have
  been on frequent journeys, in

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II Corinthians 1124-29 (cont)

• dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers,
  dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the
  Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the
  wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among
  false brethren I have been in labor and
  hardship, through many sleepless nights, in
  hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold
  and exposure.

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I Thessalonians 27-8 (NASB)

• But we proved to be gentle among you, as a
  nursing mother tenderly cares for her own
  children. Having so fond an affection for you, we
  were well-pleased to impart to you not only the
  gospel of God but also our own lives, because you
  had become very dear to us.

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I Thessalonians 211-12 (NASB)

• just as you know how we were exhorting and
  encouraging and imploring each one of you as a
  father would his own children, so that you would
  walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you
  into His own kingdom and glory.

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How would you characterize Pauls ministry?
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What would a Sunday School Teacher/Shepherd do
if he/she had these characteristics?
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What would an Usher do if he/she had these
characteristics?
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What would a Small Group Leader do if he/she
had these characteristics?
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Christs workers care deeply about people.
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Shrink/hestitate ?p?st???? hupostello
This word means to draw aside or back, to
retreat, to withdraw, to hold back, to keep
away from, to keep silence, to conceal.
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Christs workers consistently share Gods truth
with everyone.
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Romans 1530-31 (NASB)

• Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus
  Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive
  together with me in your prayers to God for me,
  that I may be rescued from those who are
  disobedient in Judea, and that my service for
  Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints

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Philippians 121-26 (NASB)

• For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
   But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will
  mean fruitful labor for me and I do not know
  which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both
  directions, having the desire to depart and be
  with Christ, for that is very much better yet to
  remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your
  sake. Convinced of

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Philippians 121-26 (cont)

• this, I know that I will remain and continue with
  you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
  so that your proud confidence in me may abound in
  Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

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II Timothy 46-8 (NASB)

• For I am already being poured out as a drink
  offering, and the time of my departure has come.
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
  course, I have kept the faith in the future
  there is laid up for me the crown of
  righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
  Judge, will award to me on that day and not only
  to me, but also to all who have loved His
  appearing.

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Christs workers consistently concentrate on
finishing faithful.
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Overseers ?p?s??p?? episkopos
An overseer, guardian, a man charged with the
duty of seeing that things to be done by others
are done rightly.
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I Peter 51-4 (NASB)

• Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as
  your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings
  of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that
  is to be revealed,  shepherd the flock of God
  among you, exercising oversight not under
  compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the
  will of God and not for sordid gain, but with
  eagerness nor yet as lording it over those
  allotted to your

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I Peter 51-4 (cont)

• charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.
  And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will
  receive the unfading crown of glory.

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Mathew 715 (NASB)

• Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in
  sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous
  wolves.

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Why is it more blessed to give than to receive?
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Agrapha not written
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Christs workers consistently coach other
workers.
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Ten Basic Statements about Ministry

• The foundation of ministry is character.
• The nature of ministry is service.
• The motive for ministry is love.
• The measure of ministry is sacrifice.
• The authority of ministry is submission.
• The purpose of ministry is the glory of God.
• The tools of ministry are the Word prayer.
• The privilege of ministry is growth.
• The power of ministry is the Holy Spirit.
• The model for ministry is Jesus Christ
• Warren and David Wiersbe

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David Ring