In George Barna’s book “Maximum Faith”, he uses his polling expertise to discover different characteristics of American citizens that call themselves Christians. One of the details his polling reveals is that less than 20% of those that identify themselves as “Christian” & regularly attend church actually know much about what God says in HIS Word about HIMSELF and about HIS Mercy and Grace...let alone about HIS WAYS.When Paul is instructing Titus about how to look after those that are seeking to follow Christ,he addresses this same problem 2000 years ago!Titus1:5-9,”The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless-not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message(The Gospel of Christ)as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine(Truths of The Bible) and refute those who oppose it”.The last verse of these verses sets the context for the previous instructions about what an elder must be,because it is “holding firmly” to the trustworthy message/knowledge of God’s Word that must becoming the foundation for our mind/heart/life and enables what becomes an elder.And as we mature we should seek more and more noble tasks in our life->(1Timothy3:1,”Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer/elder desires a noble task.”).If we are truly seeking Noble Causes, we should all be in  “Elder Development”!This means that we need to be one of the less than 20% that are seeking to know what God Says in HIS Word...,and then seeking to have our lives shaped by God’s Word...His Trustworthy Message...& His True Doctrines!If not,we are becoming what That group of people Paul warns Titus about in Titus1:10-12 ->”For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach-and that for the sake of dishonest gain.” Dear Lord...May my mind/heart/life be overwhelmed with a desire to know Your Word in ways that mature me along the path of becoming trustworthy with Your Gospel;Your Word and Your Ways in all of my life...