TY - BOOK AU - Goncharenko,Simon Victor TI - Church government according to the Bible SN - 9781630874384 AV - BV647.3 U1 - 262 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - Wipf & Stock KW - Church polity KW - Église KW - Gouvernement KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - Ecclesiology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Intro; Title Page; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: What Is Church Government?; Chapter 2: Key Terms and Polity Models; Chapter 3: Theological Considerations for Polity Models; Chapter 4: Theological Considerations for Polity Models (Continued); Chapter 5: Multiple-Elder Congregationalism; Chapter 6: Addressing Objections and Providing Practical Recommendations; Appendix; Bibliography N2 - Just as the government structure of Russia differs from that of the United States, and both differ from that of Great Britain, so it is with church government. Yet, as the institution governed by God's written word, the church must find and defend its governing structures using that word--the Bible. In this book, Dr. Simon Goncharenko argues that it is, in fact, possible to identify a specific preferred model of church polity within the Bible and to model our current church structure after Scriptural precedent UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=855897 ER -