21 versets bibliques sur les anciens et les pasteurs

The Bible calls the leaders of a local church elders and overseers and gives them a shepherd’s work. Paul and Peter give that charge in Acts 20:28 and 1 Peter 5:2-3. The qualifications are listed in 1 Timothy 3:2-3 and Titus 1:7-8, and the church’s duties toward its elders in 1 Timothy 5:17 and Hebrews 13:17. In Acts 20 the two titles are used of the same people: Paul summons “the elders of the church” from Ephesus (Acts 20:17) and…