Christian Leaders Competences Based on 1 Timothy 3:1-13

Abstract

This study aims to examine the church leaders and servants who fall into adultery and even the lifestyle of church officials that does not reflect the nature of Christianity. This tends to be worldly is a problem for Christian leaders today. For this reason, the researcher examined the Biblical study of Christian Leaders Based on 1 Timothy 3:1-13, where the life of church leaders is described as covering four qualifications of the life of Christian leaders who take part in fostering and serving the congregation, namely: spiritual qualifications, family qualifications, social qualifications and moral qualifications. So it can be concluded that a church leader should have a good personality and set an example in his or her life, namely a person who can be restrained, wise, polite, not angry, friendly, not a drinker and likes peace with everyone. The key qualification to look for in an overseer or ‘shepherd’ is a spotless reputation. A leader must have integrity, humility and a passion for serving God, must be one who leads by example, and is obedient to the Holy Spirit, In Paul's letter to Timothy, he sought to place in positions of leadership in churches, people that could safeguard right doctrine and orthopraxy or righteous living. Only in this way could the gospel be effectively spread. Paul requires all leaders to be role-models for us all and set a standard for believers to live by.