Don't Fire Your Church Members
Don't Fire Your Church Members

Author: Jonathan Leeman

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2016-01-15

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1433686228

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Church membership is not just a status, it’s an office. Leaders shouldn’t fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus—they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and love, discipleship and mission. Complacency and nominalism are diminished. Jesus gives every church member an office in the church’s government: to assume final responsibility for guarding the what and the who of the gospel in the church and its ministry. Similarly, Jesus gives leaders to the church for equipping the members to do this church-building and mission-accomplishing work. In our day, the tasks of reinvigorating congregational authority and elder authority must work together. The vision of congregationalism pictured in this book offers an integrated view of the Christian life. Congregationalism is biblical, but biblical congregationalism just might look a little different than you expect. It is nothing less than Jesus’ authorization for living out his kingdom rule among a people on mission.

A View of Congregationalism
A View of Congregationalism

Author: Geo. Punchard

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-07-21

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 3375098340

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

Perspectives on Church Government
Perspectives on Church Government

Author: Chad Brand

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1433669145

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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.

Who Runs the Church?
Who Runs the Church?

Author: Zondervan,

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0310543525

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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.

Freeing Congregational Mission
Freeing Congregational Mission

Author: B. Hunter Farrell

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1514000695

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North American congregations face a deepening crisis of consumer-oriented "selfie missions" and practices based on colonial-era assumptions. Seeking to free congregational mission from harmful cultural forces, this book helps churches better partner with God's work in the world, offering the latest research and practical, step-by-step tools for churches.

Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)
Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)

Author: Phil A. Newton

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published:

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780825494789

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(Foreword by Mark Dever) A biblically functioning church requires intentional devotion to the New Testament model of the church. In this practical book, Phil Newton gives a definitive and biblical study of elder-based leadership.

Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics
Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Eighteenth through twentieth topics

Author: François Turrettini

Publisher: Institutes of Elenctic Theolog

Published: 1997-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875524535

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Francis Turretin's 17th century classic contrasts Reformed understandings of Scripture with conflicting theological perspectives, particularly Roman Catholic, Arminian, and Socinian. Volume 3 treats the church, the sacraments, and last things.

Transforming Congregational Culture
Transforming Congregational Culture

Author: Anthony B. Robinson

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2003-01-21

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780802805188

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Argues in behalf of transforming main-line congregations into "missional communities," which will give hope to declining churches in the twenty-first century.