{"id":2247,"date":"2026-04-08T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universitybiblechurch.com\/?page_id=2247"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:48:17","slug":"elders-deacons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.universitybiblechurch.com\/index.php\/elders-deacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Elders &amp; Deacons"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2247\" class=\"elementor elementor-2247\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e4131 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3e4131\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ecf04 e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36ecf04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f475b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elders<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15da0fb elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit marul elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15da0fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"570\"><li data-section-id=\"bd3jn4\" data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"156\">Terms (\u03c0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b2\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2, \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03ae\u03bd, \u1f10\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2,)<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1018lkp\" data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"231\">Elders are the officers in general charge of 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