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:
As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds. |
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... on Creation and Evolution Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond Three Views on the Rapture Two Views on Women in Ministry WHO RUNSTHE CHURCH? 4 VIEWS ON CHURCH GOVERNMENT • Peter.
... evangelical Christian, no less than the scholar, has not so much as considered that “the way we do things in church” might actually be wrong. Writing in a slightly earlier generation, but with words clearly applicable for today, Thomas ...
... evangelical theologian, Wayne Grudem, argues a bit more explicitly for this conclusion. Though claiming the New Testament does exhibit a particular form of church government, he says nevertheless that “a number of different types of ...
... evangelical Christians to differ amicably over this question in the hope that further understanding may be gained. And it also seems that individual Christians—while they may have a preference for one system or another, and while they ...
... evangelical interdenominational scholarship, The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, turned up thirty-one articles related to any topic in ecclesiology. The great majority of these dealt with the role of women in the church ...
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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 |