We are told that when Paul and Barnabas were on their way back home from their first missionary trip, “they appointed elders for them in each congregation, offering prayer with fasting, and they entrusted them to Jehovah, in whom they had become believers. ”
Piiblis on kirjas, et kui Paulus ja Barnabas olid tagasiteel oma esimeselt misjonireisilt, siis „määrasid nad neile igas koguduses ametisse vanemaid, ning olles palvetanud ja paastunud, jätsid nad nemad Jehoova hoolde, kellesse need olid hakanud uskuma ”.