{"product_id":"baptist-foundations-mark-dever-9781433681042","title":"Baptist Foundations: Church Government for an Anti-Institutional Age","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To be read sequentially or used as a reference guide, \u003ci\u003eBaptist Foundations\u003c\/i\u003e provides a contemporary treatment of Baptist church government and structures, the first of its kind in decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Dever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433681048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433681042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e B\u0026amp;H Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Dever","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046389313791,"sku":"9781433681042","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_134e5d00-c997-4a7d-a8c4-34b1e75ce3b1.jpg?v=1684984277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baptist-foundations-mark-dever-9781433681042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}