Learning About Christian Leadership 

Acts 20:17-37

1.  Who has served as a spiritual role model for you? What about that person has rubbed off on you? 

2.  What characterized Paul’s ministry? 

3.  What does it mean to “keep watch”? 

4.  How & why is their appointment as elders divine, humbling & dangerous?

1 Thessalonians 2:1-13

 1.  What was one of your most memorable failures? (church, work, sports)

 2.  What does ‘ethical’ ministry look like? & the opposite?

 3.  How would Paul’s example of perseverance in the face of persecution encourage them?

 4.  What characteristics of a faithful Christian leader are listed?

  1 Timothy 3:1-15

 1.  When you were young, what did you aspire to be when you grew up?

 2.  Why a list of qualifications only, and not duties?

 3.  What kind of ‘test’ do you suppose the deacons were given?

 4.  Are these qualities important for all Christians?