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Perspectives on church government : five views of church polity / Daniel Akin. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Nashville, Tenn.essee : Broadman and Holman Publishers, (c)2004.Description: xiii, 353 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780805425901
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV647.3.A356.P477 2004
Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The single-elder-led church : the Bible's witness to a congregational/single-elder-led polity / Daniel L. Akin -- The Presbytery-led church : Presbyterian church government / Robert L. Reymond -- The congregation-led church : congregational polity / James Leo Garrett, Jr. -- The bishop-led church : the Episcopal or Anglican polity affirmed, weighed, and defended / Paul F.M. Zahl -- The plural-elder-led church : sufficient as established : the plurality of elders as Christ's ordained means of church governance / James R. White.
Summary: "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"--Publisher description. Publisher's site
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction BV647.3.A356.P477 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001886544

Includes bibliographies and index.

The single-elder-led church : the Bible's witness to a congregational/single-elder-led polity / Daniel L. Akin -- The Presbytery-led church : Presbyterian church government / Robert L. Reymond -- The congregation-led church : congregational polity / James Leo Garrett, Jr. -- The bishop-led church : the Episcopal or Anglican polity affirmed, weighed, and defended / Paul F.M. Zahl -- The plural-elder-led church : sufficient as established : the plurality of elders as Christ's ordained means of church governance / James R. White.

"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"--Publisher description. Publisher's site

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