Table of Contents

Part 1: Government
1—The Church: Universal and Local
2—The Necessity of Government in the Local Church
3—The Development of Local Church Government

Part 2: Elders
4—Delegated Authority
5—The Plurality of Elders
6—The Nature of Eldership
7—How to Exercise Oversight
8—The Qualifications of Elders
9—How Elders are Chosen
10—The Saints and Elders
11—Elders in the Time of Recovery

Part 3: The Ministry of the Word
12—Body Ministry
13—The Ministry of God’s Word
14—The Ministers of the Word
15—Local Ministry of the Word
16—How Local Ministry Develops
17—Our Need for Local Ministry

Part 4: The Minister of the Word
18—The Minister’s Attitude
19—The Minister is in the Ministry
20—Necessities for Ministry