1 Timothy 3

Qualification of Church Leaders

Overseers

• above reproach
• husband of one wife
• sober-minded
• self-controlled
• respectable
• hospitable
• able to teach
• not a drunkard
• not violent but gentle
• not quarrelsome
• not a lover of money
• must manage own household well
• maintains dignity with submissive children
• not a recent convert
• well thought of by outsiders

Deacons

• dignified
• not double-tongued
• not addicted to much wine
• not greedy for dishonest gain
• must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience
• husband of one wife
• manages their own household well

Deacon's Wife

• dignified
• not slanderers
• sober-minded
• faithful in all things