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Church Governance 101 | Getting Schooled by Kaitlyn Schiess (Patreon)

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Suggested Resources:Who Runs the Church by Steven B. Cowan - https://amzn.to/3y02ogMLife Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer - https://amzn.to/

This episode is also available to watch on YouTube, exclusive for Patreon supporters: https://youtu.be/PX6pJneQP_k

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Who Runs the Church by Steven B. Cowan -  https://amzn.to/3y02ogM

Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer - https://amzn.to/3IXnJxB

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William Wood

Thank you for this overview. 'Who runs the Church' was helpful to me when it first came out. There is another down side to the Presbyterian model, which is similar to the Episcopal model. When the top most level of leadership goes bad the whole structure has problems. I watched the father of a good friend get moved from a very effective senior pastor role where he was strongly evangelical to a junior pastor role in a bigger church under the authority of men who did not hold to historic Christian faith. The system can protect from local problems, but exposes local churches to denomination wide problems. There was another assumption in this discussion concerning the role of the senior pastor. There is another (much smaller) model which looks to a multiplicity of elders in the local church. Those elders are recognized as having the wisdom to select future elders to join them. This has clear weaknesses in perpetuating leadership structures, but some interesting upsides as well. The authority lies with the local elders and not the congregation. The theological question concerning the role of the Jerusalem church making decisions in Acts would focus on the difference between apostles (Jerusalem church leaders) and local elders. The book 'Biblical Eldership' by Alexander Strauch explores this structure.

Amanda Dolinger

I may have yelled “we don’t have to talk to deacons! We are Congregationalists!” at a business meeting after hearing this episode! 😂 the faces of members were priceless. (I will admit I have done this before so no blame goes to Kaitlyn)

Joanna Hoffmann

You didn't really discuss the "pastor-led" church model that has become so popular in non-denominational circles. A pastor starts and leads a church without direct accountability to anyone.