It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and us: Elders or congregation -who decides?

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Do you favour congregational government or elder led church? That might be something you are thinking through if you are involved in church planting or revitalisation.   I think of the two that the latter seems to be in vogue. That perhaps reflects frustration at bureaucratic versions of congregational government and the idea that it means… Continue reading It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and us: Elders or congregation -who decides?

How does your church make decisions?

This is something that new church plants are going to have to consider. There are two main ways of approaching this. The first is to place decision making primarily in the hands of leaders, either the specific leaders of a congregation or leaders over a group of churches in a denomination, diocese or presbytery.  In… Continue reading How does your church make decisions?