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The qualifications for a pastor
Fourteen qualifications are given for pastors (“Bishop”, “pastor” and “elder” are synonymous).blameless - free of accusation; nothing in his life that unbelievers could use to attack (v. 2). husband of one wife - a “one-woman man” ( …

The qualifications for a deacon
An old deacon who used to pray every Wednesday night at prayer meeting always concluded his prayer the same way: “And, Lord, clean all the cobwebs out of my life.” The cobwebs were those things that ought not to have been there, but had gathered during the week. It got …

Who we are, what we believe and how we behave
A civilian defense official, drawing up plans for billeting space in his city in case of a bomb attack, asked the pastor of a large church how many people could sleep in the church building. “I don’t know,” replied the pastor, “but we sleep 1400 every Sunday …