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Originally Posted by North Jersey Baptist  I'm not so sure Baptist is a polity. Elder rule is a polity and that is what I subscribe to. |
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Originally Posted by PuritanCovenanter Congregational Plural Elder Rule here. |
Every Baptist church I know of that has elders is actually not ruled by the elders, but rather "led" by the elders and ruled by the congregation (which is still an improvement over the usual single pastor/staff-deacons-congregation model we see in most Baptist churches).
How is elder
rule compatible with the Baptist distinctive of congregational government?