Acts 14:23

23And when they had aappointed belders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting cthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Titus 1:5

Qualifications for Elders

5 dThis is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and eappoint elders in every town as I directed you
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