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Issues in Baptist Polity, Part 2

Spring 2005, Vol. 3, No. 1

Table of Contents

Editorial	1	Editor-in-Chief Charles S. Kelley Executive Editor Steve W. Lemke Editor R. Stanton Norman Book Reviews Editors Robert Stewart Charles Quarles BCTM Fellow Jason Sampler
Articles
Baptist Polity and Elders Mark E. Dever	5
An Affirmation of Congregational Polity James Leo Garrett, Jr.	38
An Elder and His Ministry: From a Baptist Perspective Gerald Cowen	56
Pastoral Leadership: Authoritarian or Persuasive? Richard Land	74
"To Answer or Not to Answer": A Case Study on the Emergence of the Stone-Campbell Movement Amongst the Baptist Churches of Kentucky in the 1820s Rodrick Durst	81
Pastoral Reflections on Baptist Polity in the Local Church Jim Henry	98
Congregational Priesthood and the Inventio or Invention of Authority Malcolm Yarnell	110
Baptist Polity and the State Convention John Sullivan	136
From Church Competence to Soul Competence: The Devolution of Baptist Ecclesiology John Hammett	145
Polity and Proclamation: The Relationship Between Congregational Polity and Evangelistic Church Growth in the SBC Alvin L. Reid	164
Elder Rule and Southern Baptist Church Polity Robert A. Wring	188
Review of Logos Bible Software Series X: Scholar's Library Silver Edition Charles L. Quarles

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