Who Runs the Church?: 4 Views on Church GovernmentZondervan, 26 maj 2009 - 320 Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. While many Christians can explain their church's form of rule or defend it because of its "tried and true" traditions, few people understand their church's administrative customs from a biblical perspective. Who Runs the Church? explores questions such as: What model for governing the church does the Bible provide, and is such a model given for practical or spiritual reasons? Is there room for different methods within Christianity? Or is there a right way of "doing church"? And, finally, how (and by whom) should the church be governed? Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents:
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... my discussion on episcopalianism with special reference to the Anglican Communion of Churches, of which the American Episcopal Church and the established Church of England are members. In doing so, I must note 21 PETER TOON.
... Communion of Churches, which trace their origins to the Church of England (ecclesia anglicana). Instead, Episcopalians in America and Anglicans worldwide usually speak of the historic episcopate to indicate that the order of bishops is ...
... Communion of Churches is an independent entity which freely chooses to be within the Communion. The Anglican Church of Uganda does not take orders from the Anglican Church of Canada and vice versa. Yet instruments of unity are in place ...
... COMMUNION OF CHURCHES The history of the Anglican Communion of Churches begins in England, the land of the Angles, with the church that was known and is described (e.g., in the Magna Carta) as Ecclesia Anglicana. With the arrival of the ...
... communion with the Bishop of Rome and the catholic church of West and East. She also was a missionary province, sending missionaries to evangelize the pagans of Britain and of northern Europe (see, e.g., the work of St. Boniface [680 ...
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ROY TAYLOR | 73 |
PAIGE PATTERSON | 133 |
SAMUEL E WALDRON | 187 |
An Episcopalians Closing Remarks | 255 |
A Presbyterians Closing Remarks | 263 |
A SingleElder Congregationalists Closing Remarks | 275 |
A PluralElder Congregationalists Closing Remarks | 287 |
Steven B Cowan | 305 |
About the Contributors | 311 |
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Who Runs the Church?: 4 Views on Church Government Peter Toon,Paige Patterson Podgląd niedostępny - 2004 |