03453cam a2200589Ia 4500 ocn889675766 OCoLC 20200709060219.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140830s2014 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP N$T IDEBK OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCL JSTOR 9780227902790 (electronic bk.) 0227902793 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)889675766 22573/ctt1cg79sm JSTOR BV648 .B755 2014 REL 067050 bisacsh REL014000 bisacsh 262 22 MAIN Brown, Jeff. Corporate Decision-Making in the Church of the New Testament [electronic resource]. Havertown : James Clarke & Co, 2014. 1 online resource (228 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Historical Background; 2. The First Century CE Cultural Background for the Concept of Corporate Decision-Making; 3. Theological Concepts Entering into Corporate Decision-Making; 4. Scripture Passages Directly Relating to Corporate Decision-Making; 5. Reflection of the New Testament Pattern in Christian Documents from 95 CE to 350 CE; Conclusion; Appendix: Flow Chart of Church Decision-Making-Phil Siefkes; Bibliography; Back cover. While all churches recognize the need for organization, they are far from agreed about the form that the organization should take. More fundamentally, they do not even agree about the way of deciding. Debates over church organization involve a complex of questions. What role do members play in the government of the church? What are the offices of the church, and what authority do they exercise? What does leadership look like? How are decisions made and enforced?Jeff Brown has written this book in order to move beyond opinion and to discover what the New Testament actually depicts in terms of c. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Church polity History Early church, ca. 30-600. Group decision making Religious aspects Christianity. Group decision making in the Bible. Church polity History Early church, ca. 30-600. Group decision making Religious aspects Christianity. Group decision making in the Bible. RELIGION Christian Theology Ecclesiology. bisacsh Church polity Early church. fast (OCoLC)fst01906890 Group decision making in the Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst00948385 Group decision making Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst00948383 RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration bisacsh 30-600 fast Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836597 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1774229 EBSCOhost EBSC 836597 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis29750042 92 N$T 55393 55393