Acts 14:23
They also appointed Officers for them in every Church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.
1 Timothy 3:1-15
How true is that saying! When a man aspires to be a Presiding-Officer in the Church, he is ambitious for a noble task.
2 Timothy 2:2
and what you learnt from me, in the presence of many listeners, entrust to reliable men, who will be able in their turn to teach others.
Titus 1:5
My reason for leaving you in Crete was that you might put in order what had been left unsettled, and appoint Officers of the Church in the various towns, as I myself directed you.