They were appointed as elders, or overseers, who could “exhort by the teaching that is healthful and... reprove those who contradict. ”
(‏ تيطس ١ :‏ ​ ٥ -‏ ٩ ؛‏ ١ تيموثاوس ٣ :‏ ​ ١ -‏ ٧‏ )‏ كَمَا كَانَ ٱلْبَعْضُ مُؤَهَّلِينَ لِلْخِدْمَةِ كَخُدَّامٍ مُسَاعِدِينَ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ .‏ —‏ ١ تيموثاوس ٣ :‏ ​ ٨ -‏ ١٠ ،‏ ١٢ ،‏ ١٣‏ .‏