Regarding the qualifications to be met by those recommended as elders and ministerial servants, adhere to what is set out at 1 Timothy 3:1-13, Titus 1:5-9, and 1 Peter 5:1-3. 

Publication references: w90 9/1 23-8; w83 9/1 16-26; w78 12/1 16-25; and w73 8/1 469-74.