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Category Archives: Polity

A Baptist Coalition Aims for Moderate Image

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Neela Banjeree reports on the upcoming New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta journal:
But for other Baptists and experts on the faith, a central aim of the gathering seems to be to create a theological and political counterweight to the Southern Baptist Convention, which many of the groups that plan to attend have left.
Politically and theologically [...]

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Dissident “New Wineskin” Presbyterians Move Towards… Congregational Polity?

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Christian Post- “Presbyterians Ditch Old Mainline Model for Postmodern One”:
The New Wineskins Presbytery would run under a newly designed constitution based on a grassroots polity, Weaver described. The new polity recognizes the local congregation as the primary decision-making group. And it sends resources to the congregation rather than drain away from, he added.
“It’s almost [...]

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