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Church and Caesar: A Legal Primer for Church Office-Bearers
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Church and Caesar: A Legal Primer for Church Office-Bearers Paperback - 2008

by Ray Pennings

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From the publisher

This manual provides an overview of key biblical and legal principles that office-bearers should consider as they work on behalf of the church. Chapters include information on decision-making in the church, reporting to the state, the church as employer, dealing with finances, counseling and abuse issues, discipline, and speaking out publicly. Setting a big-picture framework, Church and Caesar will help elders and deacons manage the matters before them more informational and judiciously.

Table of Contents:
1. Purpose of this Manual
2. Putting Church and State in Perspective
3. The Legal Status of a Church
4. Reporting to the State
5. The Church as Employer
6. Dealing with Finances
7. Counseling and Abuse Issues
8. Discipline
9. Speaking Out Publicly

From the jacket flap

This manual provides an overview of key biblical and legal principles that office-bearers should consider as they work on behalf of the church. Chapters include information on decision-making in the church, reporting to the state, the church as employer, dealing with finances, counseling and abuse issues, discipline, and speaking out publicly. Setting a big-picture framework, Church and Caesar will help elders and deacons manage the matters before them more informational and judiciously.

Table of Contents:

Preface

1. Purpose of this Manual

2. Putting Church and State in Perspective

3. The Legal Status of a Church

4. Reporting to the State

5. The Church as Employer

6. Dealing witrh Finances

7. Counseling and Abuse Issues

8. Discipline

9. Speaking Out Publicly

Epilogue

Details

  • Title Church and Caesar: A Legal Primer for Church Office-Bearers
  • Author Ray Pennings
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 72
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Reformation Heritage Books
  • Publication date 2008-03
  • ISBN 9781601780393 / 1601780397
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Category Religion - Church Life
  • Library of Congress subjects Church and state
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008008797
  • Dewey Decimal Code 261.708

About the author

Ray Pennings is the vice president of research for the Work Research Foundation (www.wrf.ca), a Canadian think tank dedicated to cultural renewal. He serves as a teaching elder in the Free Reformed congregation of Calgary, Alberta, and is chairman of the board of governors of Redeemer University College.

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