Biblical Church Government: The Church Fulfilling Its Calling

Church government strikes many Christians as dull at best and divisive at worst. Some assume the Bible is silent on the subject; others leave it to whoever happens to be in charge. Neither assumption serves the church well.

Scripture has a great deal to say about how the church is to be ordered, and what it says carries practical consequences for congregational life at every level. Questions of authority, accountability, and the proper relationship of believers within the body of Christ are not merely organizational puzzles to be solved by preference or pragmatism. They are theological questions, and they deserve theological answers.

In this volume, Dr. Walker opens up the Reformed doctrine of the church for officers and laypeople alike, showing that a right understanding of church government is not the concern of elders and ministers alone. Every member of the body has duties to fulfill and privileges to enjoy, and neither can be rightly understood apart from the doctrine that defines them.