In the congregational church polity that I believe to biblical, we necessarily think the church as a whole has a say in certain matters. It
governance
If we believe in parity there can be no first amongst equals
I’ve been doing a lot of reading around eldership and independency lately for a book I am writing. One of the things I have been
External bodies are advisory, not authority
If you are an independent, the independency of the local church is something you kind of camp out on. It’s not some side issue. It
How regularly do we expect Luthers to pop up in church history? Apparently, a lot!
A lot has been said of pastors abusing their congregations. There are certainly wolves out there who seem to view the sheep as their personal