Mike,
I usually go to Matthew Henry's and Calvin's Commentaries for questions such as these. I would read through their comments from all of the passages relating to the position of elder. Also of much help to me was when my Pastor and I went through the following book, and accompanying study guide, for several months prior to my ordination:
Available at Amazon.com using the following link:
Amazon.com: Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership: Alexander Strauch, Stephen Sorenson, Amanda Sorenson: Books
There's much information in it that pertains to elder qualifications and the relationship between the elder and the congregation.
Blessings,
Mike
Mike Myers
Teaching Elder
West Suffolk Baptist Church
Suffolk, Virginia
Many a plain, honest, unlearned disciple of Christ, by meditation, experience, prayers, and especially obedience, attains to a more clear, sound, and useful knowledge of the word of God, than some great scholars with all their wit and learning. Matthew Henry
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