BAPTIST FOUNDATIONS

Church Government for an Anti-Institutional Age

EDITED BY MARK DEVER AND JONATHAN LEEMAN

Foreword by

James Leo Garrett

ACADEMIC

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Baptist Foundations: Government for an Anti-Institutional Age

Copyright © 2015 by Mark Dever and 9Marks

B&H Publishing Group

Nashville, Tennessee

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ISBN: 978-1-4336-8104-2

Dewey Decimal Classification: 262

Subject Heading: CHURCH POLITY\BAPTISTS—GOVERNMENT

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9Marks: Building Healthy Churches

Contents

Foreword

Editors and Contributors

Preface

Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman

Abbreviations

Introduction—Why Polity?

Jonathan Leeman

PART 1 CONGREGATIONALISM

Chapter 1

Some Historical Roots of Congregationalism

Michael A. G. Haykin

Chapter 2

The Biblical and Theological Case for Congregationalism

Stephen J. Wellum and Kirk Wellum

PART 2 THE ORDINANCES

Chapter 3

Five Preliminary Issues for Understanding the Ordinances

Shawn D. Wright

Chapter 4

Baptism in the Bible

Thomas R. Schreiner

Chapter 5

Baptism in History, Theology, and the Church

Shawn D. Wright

Chapter 6

The Lord’s Supper in the Bible

Thomas R. Schreiner

Chapter 7

The Lord’s Supper in History, Theology, and the Church

Shawn D. Wright

PART 3 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE

Chapter 8

The Why and Who of Church Membership

John Hammett

Chapter 9

The What and How of Church Membership

John Hammett

Chapter 10

The Why, How, and When of Church Discipline

Thomas White

PART 4 ELDERS AND DEACONS

Chapter 11

Elders and Deacons in History

Mark Dever...