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Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. Yet while many Christians can explain their particular church‘s form of rule and may staunchly uphold it, few have a truly biblical understanding of it. What model for governing the church does the Bible provide? Is there room for different methods? Or is just one way the right way? In Who Runs the Church? Four...

Threefold Ministry is the norm and all ordinations are performed by bishops. Only bishops ordain a bishop; a bishop ordains presbyters, with presbyters assisting; and only a bishop ordains deacons. It is to be noted that the consent of the congregation was essential to the ordinations. And ordination is seen both as giving authority to act as the minister of Christ and of giving the power/gift of the Holy Spirit for particular tasks of ministry. It may be useful to note that “episcopacy” as used
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