Baptist Foundations: Church Government for an Anti-Institutional Age

Book Overview

Ours is an anti-polity age, perhaps more than any other time in the history of the church. Yet polity remains as important now as it was in the New Testament.

What then is a right or biblical polity? The contributors to this volume make an exegetical and theological case for a Baptist polity. Right polity, they argue, is congregationalism, elder leadership, diaconal service, regenerate church membership, church discipline, and a Baptist approach to the ordinances.

Each section explores the pastoral applications of these arguments. How do congregationalism and elder leadership work together? When should a church practice church discipline? How can one church work with another in matters of membership and discipline?

To be read sequentially or used as a reference guide, Baptist Foundations provides a contemporary treatment of Baptist church government and structures, the first of its kind in decades.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433681048
• ISBN13: 9781433681042
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"