Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Jesus Christ. John 1:17
Uncover 1 Timothy 3's guidance on church leadership,
Uncover 1 Timothy 3's guidance on church leadership, qualities of bishops & deacons, and the significance of godliness & truth.

Uncover 1 Timothy 3's guidance on church leadership, qualities of bishops & deacons, and the significance of godliness & truth.

1 Timothy 3:1 – 3:16

  1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
  2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
  5 ( For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
  6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
  7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
  9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
  10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
  11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
  12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
  13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
  15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
  16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…

In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;

In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;

In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;

In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;

That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;

In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;

In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.

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