{"title":"SYNOD","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781596381414_-the-elder-todays-ministry-rooted-in-all-of-scripture","title":"The Elder: Today's Ministry Rooted in All of Scripture","description":"\u003cfont style=\"BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: \"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: \"\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: \"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: \" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eTo rediscover God's gift of eldership for the church today, we need to go back beyond the New Testament to the origins of the office of elder in ancient Israel. 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Brown, is an essential guide for navigating the complexities of church governance in an era of confusion and conflict.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eThis compelling anthology calls Christians to embrace the biblical model of church leadership, providing a convincing case for the historic three-office view of ministers, elders, and deacons. \u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eGrounded in Christ's teachings on church government and enhanced by one revised and one new chapter, \u003cem\u003eOrder in the Offices\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rich blend of theological depth and practical wisdom. The diverse essays work together to illuminate the vital importance of maintaining clear distinctions between offices, demonstrating how this framework preserves the church's integrity and effectiveness. \u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eThis book serves as an indispensable resource for church leaders, theology students, and laypeople across denominational lines who desire to deepen their understanding of biblical church structure. By returning to these foundational principles, readers will find their understanding of church governance reinvigorated and their engagement in their church's life and mission bolstered. \u003cfont color=\"#800040\" size=\"3\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003e \u003cfont size=\"+0\"\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eThe republishing of Mark Brown's \u003cem\u003eOrder in the Offices\u003c\/em\u003e is another opportunity to receive the ecclesiology that was largely lost over the last generations to an egalitarianism run amok. This well-researched anthology makes a compelling case that the three-office view is but the classic Reformed view. Far from diminishing any of the other offices-it buttresses those-it re-elevates the office of minister that has suffered from a well-intended egalitarian erosion for years. Every officer in the church should read each of these fine chapters for a revival of Presbyterianism. Would that every single Session would read this work together. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eDAVID W. HALL\u003c\/strong\u003e , Senior Pastor, Midway Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, GA \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eIn a time when pervasive egalitarianism can erode biblical notions of office in the church, and especially the specific task of the minister of the Word, this second, and slightly expanded, edition of \u003cem\u003eOrder in the Offices\u003c\/em\u003e is most welcome! This is an excellent collection of stimulating essays that examine the biblical foundation of the classic Reformed and Presbyterian understanding of the offices in the church. The careful reader will be richly rewarded with a new appreciation of God's gift of the minister of the Word and the elders in the church and their distinctive duties. May many read this book. Highly recommended! \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eCORNELIS VAN DAM\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, Hamilton, ON \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Lucida Sans\"\u003eI am gratified that Reformed Forum has republished this volume of essays on the distinction between the three ordinary offices of the church: ministers, elders, and deacons. 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