Shepherding God's flock
Subtitle: biblical leadership in the New Testament and beyond
By: Benjamin L. Merkle and Thomas R. Schreiner, editors
Publisher: Kregel Publications, a  division of Kregel Inc.; Kregel Ministry; Kregel Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780825442568
Subjects: Pastoral theology; Christian leadership; Clergy; Office
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Did the church borrow leadership structures from the Old Testament or Synagogue?  -- James M. Hamilton Jr.; title: Shepherds and shepherding in the gospels  -- Andreas J. Köstenberger; title: The pattern of leadership in Acts and Paul's letters to churches  -- Benjamin L. Merkle; title: Overseeing and serving the church in the pastoral and general epistles  -- Thomas R. Schreiner; title: The development and consolidation of the papacy  -- Michael A. G. Haykin; title: The papacy from Leo I to Vatican II  -- Gregg R. Allison; title: The rule of elders: the Presbyterian angle on church leadership  -- Nathan A. Finn; title: A cousin of Catholicism: the Anglican understanding of church leadership  -- Jason G. Duesing; title: Baptists and a plurality of elders  -- Shawn D. Wright; title: Putting it all together:  a theology of church leadership  -- Bruce A. Ware; title: Leading the church in today's world: what it means practically to shepherd God's flock -- Andrew M. Davis.