Appointing Elders/Bishops from Within the Congregation

Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

I notice that most church traditions I am familiar with bring in elders from outside the congregation. A committee hires a pastor, for example, often a career clergyman, an expert from the outside, who may have gone to school for it. There are churches that hire pastors, the pastor works for a while, then goes elsewhere.

But I see something different in the New Testament. First, I think we need to clarify the difference between a Biblical 'elder' and 'elder' in a lot church traditions. The Greek word for 'elder' is 'presbuteros.' In English, it because 'prester', and later 'priest.' English also used that word for Old Testament kohen, a different group entirely. German got a lot of it's religious language from Old English during the Anglo-Saxon mission, so 'priest' and the German equivalent were a messy terms by the time of the Reformation.

But the reformers considered their ordained men to be presbuteros, elders of the church. The city of Geneva, a city where the Reformed movement was entwined with the government, created a city official called 'elder.' The Presbyterians turned this into a church office in the national church system in Scotland. The Reformed movement called their church elders 'pastors' and these lay officials 'elders.' At first, they applied the Biblical verses about 'elders' to their 'pastors', but later got confused.

So when we are talking about 'elders', we are talking about church leaders, roughly equivalent to what people mean by 'pastor.' Elders of the church are told to pastor the church/flock of God in Acts 20:28 and the opening verses of I Peter 5. Acts 20:28 calls them bishops (overseers) and I Peter 5 tells them to oversee the flock.

We see in scripture that there were 'elders'--plural in every church. Paul saluted the 'bishops'-- plural in the one church in Philippi.

Isn't it good if elders are appointed from within the local church? Shouldn't existing elders have in mine that it is a part of their responsibility to facilitate this, along the lines of II Timothy 2:2?

It is my understanding the RCC used the term first, which is not to be trusted. The rest I obviously need to research again.

Can you give me the site where you found this? Obviously I need correction.

At best, Paul initiated what perhaps could be labeled the first or one of the first denominations under the umbrella title of Christianity.

It is my understanding that Strong's is accurate for showing what the KJV translates words to, instead of what it should actually say in Hebrew/Greek. Is this correct?

there is no word representing office.

What it seems to me is that certain elders or all the elders of the church has oversight of teaching, preaching, & making sure the scriptures are properly obeyed. Maybe not all elders knew about proper teaching or preaching, but all of them had oversight of church order.
Would that be correct?

1 Timothy 3:1
King James Bible
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Then there's the others:

New International Version
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

English Standard Version
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Berean Standard Bible
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

Berean Literal Bible
Trustworthy is the saying: If anyone aspires to overseership, he is desirous of a good work.

New American Standard Bible
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

From Wikipedia:
The Bishops' Bible is an English translation of the Bible which was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Version that was completed in 1611.
The promoter of the exercise, and the leading figure in translating was Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The translators of the King James Version were instructed to take the 1602 edition of the Bishops' Bible as their basis, although several other existing translations were taken into account.

No, Paul did not do any such thing. A careful reading of the New Testament shows that:
1. Every church was autonomous (not part of any denomination)
2. Every church had a plurality of elders (not one pastor doing everything)
3. The elders were in fact the shepherds or pastors, having the necessary spiritual qualifications and spiritual gifts
6. No one was brought in from outside the local church for ministry
7. The elders were jointly responsible for preaching, teaching, shepherding, and oversight
8. The term bishop (Gk episkopos) focused on the oversight aspect, but the men looking after the flock within the church were pastors/elders/bishops and all were equal
9. The elders were directly accountable to Christ, not some "bishop" outside the church
10. The NT pattern was abandoned were quickly, and the hierarchical system was installed after the passing of the apostles.

In the Assemblies of God, the SOVEREIGN churches (that are financially self supporting free-standing churches) elect their deacons and elders from the congregation. and if the Deacoc/Elder board isn't CAPABLE (for whatever reason) of handling the issue, the Denominational regional HQ will send a "Presbyter" to mediate.

Do you find the misalignment between denominational titles and Biblical roles a bit irritating?

No, Paul did not do any such thing. A careful reading of the New Testament shows that:
1. Every church was autonomous (not part of any denomination)
2. Every church had a plurality of elders (not one pastor doing everything)
3. The elders were in fact the shepherds or pastors, having the necessary spiritual qualifications and spiritual gifts
6. No one was brought in from outside the local church for ministry
7. The elders were jointly responsible for preaching, teaching, shepherding, and oversight
8. The term bishop (Gk episkopos) focused on the oversight aspect, but the men looking after the flock within the church were pastors/elders/bishops and all were equal
9. The elders were directly accountable to Christ, not some "bishop" outside the church
10. The NT pattern was abandoned were quickly, and the hierarchical system was installed after the passing of the apostles.

They did send from another church to Apollos to Corinth, but it does not say he became an elder there. Barnabas was sent to Antioch also.

So is there any evidence that he was the one who translated it 'bishop'? And is that so bad since the word bishop comes from the word translated 'bishop' there?

Did 'presbytery'
as a translation of a word in Greek it derived from make its way into the KJV by way of Puritan fans of Presyterianism?

Are either of these scandalous or conspiracies?