HOW TO KNOW A GREAT PASTOR WHEN YOU SEE ONE
1 TIMOTHY 3:1-10
Above reproach
Husband of but one wife
Temperate
Self-controlled
Respectable
Hospitable
Able to teach
Not given to much wine
Not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome
Not a lover of money
He must manage his own family well
Not a recent convert
He must also have a good reputation with outsiders
TITUS 1:5-9
Loves what is good
Upright, holy and disciplined
He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message
Encourage others by sound doctrine
Refute those who oppose it
1 PETER 5:1-4
To the elders
Shepherd God’s flock
Serve as an overseer
Being examples to the flock