Corporate Decision-Making in the Church of the New Testament [electronic resource].
Publication details: Havertown : James Clarke & Co, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780227902790
- 0227902793
- 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
- Church polity -- Early church
- Group decision making in the Bible
- Group decision making -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration
- 30-600
- 262 22
- BV648 .B755 2014
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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.
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