1 Tim 4:16 - Watch Your Life and Doctrine

The influence of the elders/overseers/shepherds of the church is so significant that the believer has a responsibility to prayerfully and carefully consider to whom they will submit themselves.

But how do you make this kind of choice? 1 Timothy 4:16 gives us some guidelines about the kind of gospel minister we should appoint, affirm, and expect as an elder/overseer/shepherd.