Who Runs the Church?: 4 Views on Church Government (Counterpoints)

Pricing & Availability •  List Price: $16.99 •  Our Price: $12.74   •  You Save: $4.25 (25%) •  Availability: Usually ships same day •  Number In Stock: 6  Product Details •  Series Editor: Stanley N. Gundry •  General Editor: Steven B. Cowan •  Contributors: Dr. Peter Toon, Dr. L. Roy Taylor, Dr. Paige Patterson, Sam E. Waldron •  Softcover: 320 pages •  ISBN-10: 0310246075 •  ISBN-13: 9780310246077 •  In-Print Editions: Softcover (Zondervan) READY TO BUY?   or   Notify us about errors in our data. Publisher's Comments: Description: In the acclaimed Counterpoints series of books contrasting multiple views, this book explores four different models of church government--their history, foundations, and practical implications. Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. Yet while many Christians can explain their particular church’s form of rule and may staunchly uphold it, few have a truly biblical understanding of it. What model for governing the church does the Bible provide? Is there room for different methods? Or is just one way the right way? In Who Runs the Church? Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents: • Episcopalianism (Peter Toon) • Presbyterianism (L. Roy Taylor) • Single-Elder Congregationalism (Paige Patterson) • Plural-Elder Congregationalism (Samuel E. Waldron) As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds. The interactive and fair-minded nature of the Counterpoints format allows the reader to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each view and draw informed, personal conclusions. Other Titles in This Series: • How Jewish Is Christianity? • Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? • Evaluating the Church Growth Movement • Exploring the Worship Spectrum • Five Views on Apologetics • Five Views on Law and Gospel • Five Views on Sanctification • Four Views on Eternal Security • Four Views on Hell • Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World • Four Views on the Book of Revelation • Show Them No Mercy • Three Views 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 Author Information:Peter Toon (Ph.D., Oxford University) is rector of Christ Church, Biddulph Moor, Diocese of Lichfield, in the Church of England. L. Roy Taylor (D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary) is the stated clerk/coordinator of administration of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America. Paige Patterson (Th.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) is president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. Samuel E. Waldron is currently a Ph.D. candidate in systematic theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

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