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Who Runs the Church? by Zondervan

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Who Runs the Church?

4 Views on Church Government

Zondervan, Steven B. Cowan, Stanley N. Gundry

Zondervan · Print & ebook · August 26, 2004

Reading lane: Ecclesiology

Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Church Polity Debate

A compact theological face-off on who holds authority, with enough edge to keep the room awake.

Come here for

  • four-way church polity debate
  • clean setup for discussion

Expect

  • structured viewpoints
  • church governance language

Book Details

Authors
Zondervan, Steven B. Cowan, Stanley N. Gundry
Publisher
Zondervan
Published
August 26, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Ecclesiology · Church Growth
Reading lane
Ecclesiology

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Church Administration

  • Ecclesiology

  • Pastoral Resources

  • Christian Denominations

About This Book

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...

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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: - Episcopalianism - represented by Peter Toon - Presbyterianism - represented by L. Roy Taylor - Single-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Paige Patterson - Plural-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Samuel E. Waldron As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds.

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