What Does it Mean that Elders Must Manage Their Household Well? | 1 Timothy 3:4-5

What Does it Mean that Elders Must Manage Their Household Well? | 1 Timothy 3:4-5 

⁴ He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity⁵ (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?)

 

In this episode of the Bible in Life John and Steven discuss what exactly it means that church leaders must manage their own household well. And what about the parallel in Titus 1:6 about having children who believe? Does having an adult son or daughter who walks away from the faith automatically disqualify someone from church leadership? 

 

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