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What is a church? This can be a difficult question to answer and Christians have offered a variety of perspectives. Gregg Allison explores and synthesizes all that Scripture affirms about the new covenant people of God, capturing a full picture of the biblical church. He covers the topics of the church’s identity and characteristics; its growth through purity, unity, and discipline; its offices...

it aims to be sufficient in, while denying such sufficiency for other aspects of ecclesiology.20 My personal position on this matter is that Scripture is wholly sufficient with regard to ecclesiology (the second position). This view will become particularly important and apparent when I address the issues of worship and church government. But my affirmation of Scripture’s sufficiency will be evident throughout this book as I make constant reference to Scripture, wherever it makes affirmations that
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