building; to him the only building specifically set aside for worship was the Temple in Jerusalem. (Remember, Paul lived his whole life and went to his grave as a Jewish Rabbi.) The comments that Paul writes about elders were made in his letters to Timothy and Titus. These were two younger men whom he discipled (mentored) as church planters and pastors. He was describing to them his usual practice in appointing elders for the house churches that he started. Most Adventist Bible scholars believe that