C. Matthew McMahon
Christian Preacher
Phillip,
Can your church, at any time they deem convenient, vote you out? Does the congregation have that power or not? (i.e. can they elect to ordain you, or unordain you?) Would this not be congregationalism?
That is the way it is done through Albert Martin's Church and all the elders that have trickled down through them, including many ministers I know that have come over from England as well. At any time (for them they officially do this once a year) the congregation reevaluates the pastors to see if they still want them to be pastor. They do this with the deacons as well. That's congregationalism with a vengeance.
Can your church, at any time they deem convenient, vote you out? Does the congregation have that power or not? (i.e. can they elect to ordain you, or unordain you?) Would this not be congregationalism?
That is the way it is done through Albert Martin's Church and all the elders that have trickled down through them, including many ministers I know that have come over from England as well. At any time (for them they officially do this once a year) the congregation reevaluates the pastors to see if they still want them to be pastor. They do this with the deacons as well. That's congregationalism with a vengeance.