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Church Leader’s Character
•Jesus was
sinless (1 Pet. 2:22).
Those who follow Him are to be “perfect” (Matt. 5:48).
We aren’t sinless (1 John 1:10), but we must try to live
godly.
•Combining the
lists in 1 Tim. 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9, twenty-six
qualities are listed for the elder/presbyter. Eight of them are
the absence of a negative quality and five concern his family.