01443cam a2200301 a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000150009303500230010804000290013104200140016008200120017424501480018626000610033430000340039549000160042950400660044550502890051165000190080065000180081970000430083770000220088070000360090285601090093885600940104713726049AU-EpEBC20170707125343.0040921s2004    tnu      b    001 0 eng d  a  2004302529  a080542590X  a(OCoLC)ocm55676294  aTNEcTNEdNVSdDLCdNEMB  alccopycat00a262/PER00aPerspectives on church government :bfive views of church polity /cDaniel Akin ... [et al.] ; edited by Chad Owen Brand and R. Stanton Norman.  aNashville, TN :bBroadman and Holman Publishers,cc2004.  axiii, 353 p. ;bpbk ;c22 cm.  aFive views.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-336) and indexes.0 aIntroduction : Is polity that important? -- The single-elder-led church / Daniel L. Akin -- The Presbytery-led church / Robert L. Reymond -- The congregation-led church / James Leo Garrett, Jr. -- The Bishop-led church / Paul F.M. Zahl -- The plural-elder-led church / James R. White. 0aChurch polity. 0aEcclesiology.1 aAkin, Daniel L.,d1957-eContrib auth.1 aBrand, Chad.eed.1 aNorman, R. Stanton,d1963-eed.423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2004302529-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2004302529-d.html