17 Bijbelverzen over leiderschap in de kerk

The Bible describes church leaders as servants and shepherds who answer to God for the people in their care. Jesus defines greatness as service (Mark 10:43-45), the letters to Timothy and Titus set the qualifications for overseers (1 Timothy 3:2-3; Titus 1:7-8), and Peter charges elders to shepherd the flock without lording it over them (1 Peter 5:2-3). The titles overlap in the New Testament: in Acts 20 the same Ephesian leaders are called elders and overseers, the Greek episkopos…