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9780805425901

Perspectives on Church Government Five Views of Church Polity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805425901

  • ISBN10:

    080542590X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-07-01
  • Publisher: B&H Academic
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Summary

Perspectives on Church Governmentpresents 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 traditionwith 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction: Is Polity That Important? 1(24)
The Single-Elder-Led Church: The Bible's Witness to a Congregational/Single-Elder-Led Polity
25(62)
Daniel L. Akin
The Presbytery-Led Church: Presbyterian Church Government
87(70)
Robert L. Reymond
The Congregation-Led Church: Congregational Polity
157(52)
James Leo Garrett, Jr.
The Bishop-Led Church: The Episcopal or Anglican Polity Affirmed, Weighed, and Defended by the Very Rev. Dr. Theol. Paul F. M. Zahl
209(46)
The Plural-Elder-Led Church: Sufficient as Established---The Plurality of Elders as Christ's Ordained Means of Church Governance
255(42)
James R. White
Notes 297(40)
Name Index 337(7)
Subject Index 344(3)
Scripture Index 347

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