| Elders in Every City
A recently saw a short book (128 pages) entitled Elders in Every City: The Origin and Role of the Ordained Ministry by Roger Beckwith. Beckwith is an ordained Anglican minister, and a friend of J. I. Packer, to whom he dedicated the book. Glancing through it, it seemed like it could be a brief but very helpful resource on the basic history and development of the office and role of eldership in the church, from its roots in the Apostolic era to the early church through the ages. Before getting it though, I wanted to see if anyone here knew anything about Roger Beckwith, or had read this or any other work of his.
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