Acts 14:23
Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
1 Timothy 3:1-15
IT is a true saying, If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desireth a laudable employment.
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which thou hast heard of me before many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who shall be qualified to teach others also.
Titus 1:5
For this purpose I left thee behind me at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do: