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Revised 26 Jan 2004

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:

and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

and his name shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,

The Prince of Peace.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;

but the greatest of these is

charity.

(KJV)

Isaiah 9:6

Luke 2:42-97

Matt 3:13-17

Mark 1:9-11

Luke 3:21-22

"Behold the Lamb of God"

John 1:26-37

Matthew 16:16-19

Acts 2:1-4

Hebrews 1:7

1^st Peter 2:21-25

Titus 1:4-9

1^st Timothy 3:1-7

Titus 1:4-9

1^st Timothy 5:17-20

Ephesians 4:11-17

The Lord Jesus Christ through His Spirit the Holy Spirit rules the Church.

There is only One who is the "Chief Shepherd and Bishop". His name is Jesus.

Church government is comprised of ordained Elders (the word "bishop" is a term used to describe one who is a member of the eldership) and Deacons.

One who is ordained an elder is called a bishop (overseer).

The minimum number of elders required to oversee a church is two.

The maximum number of elders to oversee should not exceed twenty-four.

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Anointing Gifts: Hearing = Faith

Perfecting Gifts: Doing = Works

Matthew 20:25-28

25)But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26)But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27)And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28)Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (KJV)

Matt 16:16-19

16)And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17)And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18)And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19)And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

(KJV)

Matt 20:25-28

25)But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

26)But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

27)And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

28)Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

(KJV)

Mark 3:14-15

14)And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

15)And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

(KJV)

Luke 13:32

32)And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

(KJV)

Luke 14:25-35

25)And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

26)If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27)And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28)For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29)Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30)Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31)Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32)Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

33)So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34)Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35)It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

(KJV)

John 3:1-16

1)There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2)The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3)Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4)Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

5)Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6)That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7)Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8)The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9)Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10)Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11)Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

12)If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

13)And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

14)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15)That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16)For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

(KJV)

John 4:10-14

10)Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11)The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12)Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13)Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14)But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

(KJV)

Acts 2:38

38)Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

(KJV)

Acts 6:1-6

1)And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

2)Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

3)Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

4)But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

5)And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

6)Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

(KJV)

Acts 10:38

38)How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

(KJV)

Acts 11:29-30

29)Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

30)Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

(KJV)

Acts 14:23

23)And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

(KJV)

Rom 12:6-8

6)Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7)Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

8)Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

(KJV)

1 Cor 12:4-6

4)Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

5)And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6)And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

(KJV)

1 Cor 12:8-9

8)For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9)To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

(KJV)

1 Cor 12:10

10)To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

(KJV)

1 Cor 12:11

11)But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

(KJV)

1 Cor 13:1-13

1)Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2)And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3)And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4)Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5)Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6)Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7)Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8)Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9)For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10)But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11)When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12)For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13)And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

(KJV)

1 Cor 12:31, 14:1-5

31)But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

14:1-5

1)Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

2)For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

3)But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

4)He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

5)I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

(KJV)

Phil 1:9-10

9)And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

10)That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

(KJV)

Heb 11:4

4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

(KJV)

James 1:1-4

1)James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

2)My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3)Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4)But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

(KJV)

James 1:5-8

5)If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6)But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7)For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8)A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

(KJV)

James 5:14

14)Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

(KJV)

1 Tim 2:7

7)Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

(KJV)

1 Tim 3:1-7

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.

(KJV)

1 Tim 3:8-13

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.

(KJV)

1 Tim 5:1-25

1)Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

2)The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

3)Honour widows that are widows indeed.

4)But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

5)Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

6)But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

7)And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

8)But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9)Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

10)Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

11)But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

12)Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

13)And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

14)I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

15)For some are already turned aside after Satan.

16)If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

17)Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

18)For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

19)Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

20)Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

21)I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

22)Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

23)Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

24)Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

25)Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

(KJV)

Eph 4:11-16

11)And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12)For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13)Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14)That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15)But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

16)From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

(KJV)

Titus 1:5-9

5)For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

6)If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7)For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8)But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9)Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

(KJV)

1 Pet 5:1-4

1)The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

2)Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

3)Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

4)And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

(KJV)

Rev 4:4

4)And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

(KJV)