Upon this rock
Subtitle: a Baptist understanding of the church
By: Jason G. Duesing, Thomas White, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III
Contributors: Baptist Distinctives Conference (4th : 2008 Sept. : Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Publisher: B & H Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780805449990
Subjects: Doctrines; Baptists; Government
Notes: This book arose from the fourth consecutive Baptist Distinctives Conference held at Southwestern Bapitst Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas during September 2008. --p. vii.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: The duty of Baptists to teach their distinctive views?  -- Jason G. Duesing; title: "Upon this rock I will build my church" : a theological exposition of Matthew 16:13-20  -- Malcolm B. Yarnell III; title: Autonomy of the local church : crucial Baptist distinctive  -- David Allen; title: Covenant or confusion? : "associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel"  -- Emir F. Caner; title: Observing two ordinances : are they merely symbols?  -- Paige Patterson; title: Under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes  -- James Leo Garrett, Jr.; title: A denomination of churches : biblical and useful  -- Bart Barber; title: The church and its officers : a pastor's perspective  -- Byron McWilliams; title: The offices and women : can women be pastors? or deacons?  -- Thomas White, -- Joy White; title: The universal and local church -- Thomas White.