Dr Mike Kear
Puritan Board Freshman
Brethren, I need some opinions and recommendations about elders. Coming from a Baptist background I have been exposed almost exclusively to the idea and practice of Single Pastor Congregationalism. However, I have been convinced over the years that a plurality of elders is more biblical. But I have questions on a practical and local level. For instance, which is more correct in a local church context: an elder ruled church or an elder led congregationalism? Can a church be Presbyterian and yet not under submission to a larger ecclesiastical oversight (a presbytery)?
Secondly, what books on elders/eldership would you recommend for someone like me whose previous training in ecclesiology has been exclusively Single Pastor Congregationalism?
Secondly, what books on elders/eldership would you recommend for someone like me whose previous training in ecclesiology has been exclusively Single Pastor Congregationalism?