Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 8 Bible Verses For Pastor Ordination Cards
If there is an ordination coming up in your or someone else’s church, may we suggest one of these top 8 Bible verses for pastor’s ordination cards?
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The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
- 1 Timothy 3:1-2
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And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
- Acts 14:23
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Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
- Hebrews 13:7
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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15
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For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
- Titus 1:7-8
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I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
- 2 Timothy 4:1-2
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I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
- 1 Timothy 1:12
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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 15:16
An ordination is a somber but joyful occasion, so please share these top 8 Bible verses for a pastor’s ordination card with someone else. Maybe even with your own pastor.
