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    <title>Elders in congregational life</title>
    <subTitle>rediscovering the biblical model for church leadership</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Newton, Phil A.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Kregel Publications</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2005</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2005</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>176 p. ; 22 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Why Baptist elders is not an oxymoron -- Elders in the New Testament -- Character and congregationalism -- A model for our times : Acts 20:17/31 -- Elders and congregation in concert : Hebrews 13:17/19 -- Spiritual leaders for God's flock : 1 Peter 5:1/5 -- Thinking about transition to elder leadership -- Can it be done? : making the transition to elder leadership -- Putting it all together.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Phil A. Newton ; foreword by Mark Dever.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-169) and indexes.</note>
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    <topic>Elders (Church officers)</topic>
    <topic>Baptists</topic>
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    <topic>Government</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Baptists</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Elders (Church officers)</topic>
    <topic>Biblical teaching</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">262.1 N561E</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0825433312</identifier>
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