Brother May:

What does "believing" mean? Titus 1:6 uses PISTOS - which translates trustworthy, faithful, reliable.

If we say it means to be a Christian, then of course all the elders children must be baptized and faithful.

But if we say it means trustworthy, reliable, then does the onus go to the quality of the children.
Then the children do no have to be baptized, just trustworthy kids, and so an elder is not dependent
upon his last child being baptized but is he a good child? Leaving the choice of being a Christian in the
hands of the child.

If they all have to be baptized, then are they still under his command, 1Tim.3:4 he must keep his children
under complete control with all dignity, are they not now adults if they are Christian, so how does he
keep them under control? In Timothy they sound young, not baptized, my thoughts.

RJ Mac