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Who Runs the Church?: 4 Views on Church Government

Publisher: Zondervan

Contributors:

Stanley N. Gundry (Editor)

Steven B. Cowan (Editor)

Peter Toon (Contribution by)

Contributors: Stanley N. Gundry (Editor) ; Steven B. Cowan (Editor) ; Peter Toon (Contribution by)

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BISAC categories: Religion -> Christian Theology -> Ecclesiology

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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.

ISBN-10: 0310246075
ISBN-13: 9780310246077
Author: Gundry, Stanley N., Cowan, Steven B., Toon, Peter
Publisher: Zondervan

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ISBN-13: 9780310246077

ISBN-10: 0310246075

Publisher: Zondervan

Publish Date: August 26, 2004

On Sale Date: January 1, 0001

Language: English

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 8.0 × 5.3 × 0.9 in

Weight: 0.6 lbs

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