Perspectives on Church Government presents in counterpoint form the basic models of church government which have developed over the course of church history with a view toward determining which is most faithful to Scripture. Each chapter will be written by a prominent person from within each tradition—with specific guidelines dealing with the biblical, historical, and theological issues within each governance tradition. In addition, each writer will have the opportunity to give a brief response to the other traditions.
The models of church government discussed are the Plural Elder-led Congregational model, the Single Elder-led Congregational model, the Democratic Congregational model, the Episcopal model, and the Presbyterian model.| Preface |
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| Introduction: Is Polity That Important? |
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1 | (24) |
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The Single-Elder-Led Church: The Bible's Witness to a Congregational/Single-Elder-Led Polity |
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25 | (62) |
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The Presbytery-Led Church: Presbyterian Church Government |
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87 | (70) |
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The Congregation-Led Church: Congregational Polity |
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157 | (52) |
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The Bishop-Led Church: The Episcopal or Anglican Polity Affirmed, Weighed, and Defended by the Very Rev. Dr. Theol. Paul F. M. Zahl |
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209 | (46) |
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The Plural-Elder-Led Church: Sufficient as Established---The Plurality of Elders as Christ's Ordained Means of Church Governance |
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255 | (42) |
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| Notes |
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297 | (40) |
| Name Index |
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337 | (7) |
| Subject Index |
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344 | (3) |
| Scripture Index |
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Chad Brand is associate professor of Christian Theology at Boyce College of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He resides in Louisville, Kentucky.Stan Norman occupies the McFarland Chair of Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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