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A Congregation Is a Voting Body

By Filings on Tue, 02/25/25
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Congregational Polity
Church Polity
Ecclesiology

“There are two key areas in which the biblical pattern is accountability to the congregation—the entire church body—and where decision-making is assigned to the entire church body…. in financial accountability and in church discipline.” - P&D

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Topics: Congregational Polity, Baptist Distinctives, Anglicanism
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