7 Bible Verses about Order In Pastoral Care

Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;

But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

For we indeed have many members in one body, but all the members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and members one of another. But having gifts differing according to the grace given unto us, whether prophecy, it is according to the analogy of faith;read more.
or ministry, it is in the ministry; or he that teacheth, in teaching; or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; or he that giveth, with a single eye; he that presideth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God:

Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you: shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully. Not as domineering over the heritages, but having become examples of the flock: