Ecclesiology - Doctrine of the Church

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	"Focus: 4. What is the Church?" Foundations 16 (Spring 1986): 2-6. pdf
	John H. Armstrong, "Editor's Introduction The Church: Why Bother?" Reformation & Revival 7.1 (Winter 1998): 7-19. pdf
	Paul D. Avis, "Ecclesiology," A.E. McGrath, ed. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Oxford / Cambridge, MA: Blackwell 1993. pp.127-34.
	Paul Avis, Church Drawing Near: An Applied Theology of Mission and Ministry. Edinburgh: Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T Clark, 2004. Pbk. : 9780567424921. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Robert Banks, Paul's Idea of Community: Spirit and Culture in Early House Churches. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994. Pbk. ISBN: 1565630505. pp.233. e-book: Grand Rapids: baker, 2020. ISBN: 9781493421589. pp.240. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	James Bannerman, The Church of Christ, 2 Vols. Edinburgh, 1868. Rerpinted: London: Banner of Truth, 1974. Hbk. ISBN: 0851511864.
	Kimlyn J. Bender, Karl Barth's Christological Ecclesiology. Eugene, OR: Wipf 7 Stock, 2013. ISBN: 9781725248649. pp.324. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Kimlyn J. Bender & D. Stephen Long, T&T Clark Handbook of Ecclesiology. London: T & T Clark, 2020. ISBN: 9780567678119. pp.595. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	G.C. Berkhouwer, The Church. Grand Rapids, 1976.
	William Binnie [1823-1886], The Church. Handbooks for Bible Classes and Private Students. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, n.d. Hbk. pp.152. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Donald Bloesch, The Church, Christian Foundations. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0830814167. pp.300.
	C.J. Botha, "The offices in the early church history," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 110-123, pdf
	Gerry Breshears, "The Body Of Christ: Prophet, Priest Or King?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 37.1 (1994): 3-26.
	Kent Brower & Andy Johnson, Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament. Grand Rapids; Eerdmans, 2007. ISBN: 9781467429832. pp.416. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	F.F. Bruce, "Lessons from the Early Church," David J. Ellis & W. Ward Gasque, eds., In God's Community. Essays on the Church and Its Ministry. Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 0720804116. pp.153-168..
	Ervin Budiselić, "A Proper Understanding of the Gospel as the Key for Healthy Church Evangelism, Life and Ministry," Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 7.1 (June 2013): 9-33. pdf
	Heidi A. Campbell & John Dyer, Ecclesiology for a Digital Church. Theological Reflections on a New Normal. London: SCM Press, 2022. ISBN: 9780334061618. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	John Campbell [1795-1867], Jethro: A System of Lay Agency, in Connexion with Congregational Churches, for the Diffusion of the Gospel Among Our Home Population. London: Jackson and Walford, 1839. Hbk. pp.396. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	L. Cerfaux, The Church in the Theology of Paul. New York, 1959.
	Edmund P. Clowney, "Toward a Biblical Doctrine of the Church," Westminster Theological Journal 31.1 (1968): 22-81.
	John E. Colwell, "A Radical Church: a Reappraisal of Anabaptist Ecclesiology," Tyndale Bulletin 38 (1987): 119-141. pdf
	Yves M.-J Congar, "The Church: The People of God," Concilium 1 (1965): 7-19.
	Peter Cotterell, "Salvation as Corporate Experience in the Church," European Journal of Theology 4.1 (1995): 55-66. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Steven B. Cowan, gen. ed. Who Runs the Church? 4 Views on Church Government. Counterpoints series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 9780310543527. pp.320. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Geoffrey S.R. Cox, "The Emerging Organization of the Church in the New Testament, and the Limitations Imposed Thereon," The Evangelical Quarterly 38.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1966): 22-39. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Robert William Dale [1829-1895], A Manual of Congregational Principles. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1884. Hbk. pp.247. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	D.R. Denton, "Further Reflections on 'Some Pauline Pictures of the Church'," The Evangelical Quarterly 54.3 (Jul.-Sept. 1982): 147-150. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Avery Dulles, "The Church as One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic," Evangelical Review of Theology 23.1 (1999): 14-28.
	Avery Dulles, Models of the Church. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0385133685. pp.256.
	George Duncan [b.1850], Church Life Among The Baptists. London: Baptist Tract and Book Society, 1883. Hbk. pp.128. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Patrick T. Egan, Ecclesiology and the Scriptural Narrative of 1 Peter. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018. ISBN: 9781498224680. pp.296. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	R. Newton Flew, Jesus and His Church. Carlisle: STL, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0853648778. pp.272.
	L. Floor, "Church order in the Pastoral Epistles," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 81-91. pdf
	John M. Frame, Evangelical Reunion: Denominations and the Body of Christ. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0801035600. pp.185.
	Herbert Giesbrecht [1925-1992], "The Evangelist John's Conception of the Church as delineated in his Gospel," The Evangelical Quarterly 58.2 (Apr.-June 1986): 101-119. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Kevin N. Giles, "The Church in the Gospel of Luke," Scottish Journal of Theology 34 (1981): 121-
	Kevin Giles, "In Luke an Exponent of 'Early Protestantism'?" The Evangelical Quarterly 54.4 (Oct.-Dec. 1982): 193-206. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Kevin Giles, "Is Luke an Exponent of 'Early Protestantism'? Church Order in the Lukan Writings," The Evangelical Quarterly 55.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1983): 3-20. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Tom Greggs, Barth and Bonhoeffer as Contributors to a Post-Liberal Ecclesiology. Essays of Hope for a Fallen and Complex World. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. ISBN: 9780567701596. pp.240. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Stanley Hauerwas, "What Could It Mean for the Church to be Christ's Body?" Scottish Journal of Theology 48 (1995): 1-
	Nicholas M. Healy, "Karl Barth's ecclesiology reconsidered," Scottish Journal of Theology 57 (2004): 287-
	Philip J. Hefner, "The Church," P. Hodgson & R. King, eds. Christian Theology. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982. pp.223-47.
	Joseph H. Hellerman, The Ancient Church as Family. Minneaplois, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0800632486. pp.224.
	Charles Hodge [1797-1878], The Church and Polity. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1879. Hbk. pp.532. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Fenton John Anthony Hort [1828–1892], The Christian Ecclesia. A Course of Lectures on the Early History and Early Conceptions of the Ecclesia and Four Sermons. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. Hbk. pp.306. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Marvin Jones, The Beginning of Baptist Ecclesiology. The Foundational Contributions of Thomas Helwys. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2017. ISBN: 9781532614590. pp.174. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Simon Jones, Building a Better Body. London: Authentic, 2007. Pbk. ISBN-13: 9781850787457. pp.220. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the author]
	Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, An Introduction to Ecclesiology. Historical, Global, and Interreligious Perspectives. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020. ISBN: 9780830841905. pp.296. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	R.B. Kuiper, The Glorious Body of Christ. London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1983. Pbk. ISBN: 0851513689. pp.383.
	Hans Küng, The Church. Continuum International Publishing Group - Burns & Oates, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0860121992. pp.516.
	James Barber Lightfoot [1828-1889], The Christian Ministry. London & New York: MacMillan and Co., 1901. Hbk. pp.148. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	H.A. Lombard, "Charisma and church office," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 31-52. pdf
	Leonard Sweet, ed. The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. ISBN: 9780310861379. pp.272. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Kevin McNamara, ed. Vatican Two: The Constitution on the Church. A Theological and Pastoral Commentary. Hardcover (1 June, 1968) Franciscan Press, 1968. Hbk. ISBN: 0685109739.
	F.S. Malan, "The relationship between apostolate and office in the theology of Paul," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 53-68. pdf
	T.W. Manson, "The New Testament Basis of the Doctrine of the Church," The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 1.1 (1950): 1-11.
	I. Howard Marshall, "Church and Temple in the New Testament," Tyndale Bulletin 40.2 (1989): 203-222. pdf
	David W. Middleton, "The Church: The Body of Christ," The Evangelical Quarterly 31.2 (1959): 82-89. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the current copyright holfer without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Paul Minear, Images of the Church in the New Testament. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1950, 2004. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	A Pillar and Foundation of Truth: God, Order, and Gender Roles in the Church (David P. Nelson & Lorraine Coker)
	Lesslie Newbigin, The Household of God. Carlisle: Paternoster Press. Pbk. ISBN: 0853649359. pp.223.
	Colm O'Grady, The Church in Catholic Theology: Dialogue with Karl Barth. London: Geoffrey Chapman / Washington, DC: Corpus Books, 1969. pp. x + 388.
	James I Packer, "The Nature of the Church," Carl F. Henry, ed., Basic Christian Doctrines, 1962. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1975. Pbk. ISBN: 0801040337. pp.241-47.
	James I Packer, "Fellowship: The Theological Basis," Christian Graduate 16.3 (1963): 7-11.
	James I. Packer, "One Body in Christ: The Doctrine and Expression of Christian Unity," Churchman 80.1 (1966): 16-26.
	Andrew Perriman, "'His body, which is the church...' Coming to Terms with Metaphor," The Evangelical Quarterly 62.2 (Apr.-June 1990): 123-142. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder] [Colossians 1:24]
	Davorin Peterlin, "Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Light of Disunity in the Church," Tyndale Bulletin 45.1 (1994): 207-210. pdf
	G.M.M. Peiser, "Women and ecclesiastical ministries in Paul," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 92-109. pdf
	I.J. du Plessis, "The rule of Christ and the rule in the church," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 20-30. pdf
	Earl D. Radmacher, What the Church Is All About: A Biblical and Historical Study. Chicago: Moody Press, 1978.
	W. Stanford Reid, "The New Testament Belief in an Old Testament Church," The Evangelical Quarterly 24.4 (Oct. 1952): 194-205. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	J.H. Roberts, "Ekklesia in Acts - Linguistic and Theology: A Venture in Methodology," Neotestamentica 7.1 (1973): 73-94. pdf
	J.H. Roberts, "Can church offices be founded in Paul?" Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 1-19. pdf
	Wes Roberts & Glen Marshall. Reclaiming God’s Original Intent for the Church. Colorado Springs: Navpress, 2004.
	D.W.B. Robinson, The Church of God: Its Form and Unity. Punchbowl, NSW: Jordan Books, 1965.
	Brian S. Rosner, "'Drive out the wicked person': A Biblical Theology of Exclusion," The Evangelical Quarterly 71.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1999): 25-36. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Gorden Rupp, "Luther and the Doctrine of the Church," Scottish Journal of Theology 9 (1956): 384-
	Mark Saucy, "Evangelicals, Catholics, and Orthodox Together: Is the Church The Extension of the Incarnation?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 43.2 (2000): 193-212. pdf
	Christian B. Scharen, Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. ISBN: 9781467436960. pp.188. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Edward Schillebeeckx, The Church: The Human Story of God. New York: Crosroad, 1990. Hbk. ISBN: 082451050X. pp.268.
	Michael Schmaus, Dogma 4: The Church: Its Origins and Structure. Christian Classics, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0870611011.
	Michael Schmaus, Dogma 5: The Church as Sacrament. Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheed & Ward, 1975. Pbk. ISBN: 0722075367. pp.318.
	Johannes Schneider, Baptism and Church in the New Testament. London: Carey Kingsgate Press Ltd., 1957. Pbk. pp.53. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Juan Luis Segundo, Salt, Leaven and Light: The Community Called Church. The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0824516664. pp.264.
	Robert Smith, "The Relevance of the Old Testament for the Doctrine of the Church," Scottish Journal of Theology 5 (1952): 14-
	Bryan P. Stone, A Reader in Ecclesiology. London: Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9781317186991. pp.296. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Alan Stibbs, God's Church. Great Doctrines of the Bible. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1959. Pbk. ISBN: 0851105017. pp.128.
	William Strawson, "God's Purpose for the Church," Scottish Journal of Theology 20 (1967): 397-
	Neil Summerton, A Noble Task: Eldership and Ministry in the Local Church, 2nd edn. Milton Keynes: The Paternoster Press, 1994. Pbk. ISBN. 978-0-85364-515-3. pp.213. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	George H. Tavard, The Church, Community of Salvation: An Ecumenical Christology. New Theology Studies. Michael Glazier Books, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0814657893. pp.264.
	Max Turner, "Ecclesiology in the Major 'Apostolic' Restorationist Churches in the United Kingdom," Vox Evangelica 19 (1989): 83-108. pdf
	Dan O. Via, "The Church as the Body of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew," Scottish Journal of Theology 11 (1958): 271-
	Dan O. Via, "Darkess, Christ and the Church in the Fourth Gospel," Scottish Journal of Theology 14 (1961): 172-
	J.L. de Villiers, "Indications of church rule or government in Pauline parenetic material," Neotestamentica 10.1 (1976): 69-80. pdf
	William Edwy Vine [1873–1949], The Church and Its Mission. Critical Issues for Leaders in Local Churches and in Missionary Service. ISBN: 978-1-912149-53-7. [e-book version]
	Miroslav Volf, "The Church as a Prophetic Community and a Sign of Hope," European Journal of Theology 2.1 (1993): 9-30. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Miroslav Volf, "The Nature of the Church," Evangelical Review of Theology 26.1 (2002): 68-75.
	G.S.M. Walker, "Calvin and the Church," Scottish Journal of Theology 16 (1963): 371-
	John Roskruge Wood & Samuel Chick, A Manual of the Order of Administration of a Baptist Church, 2nd edn. London: The Kingsgate Press, n.d. Hbk. pp.64. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Fred G. Zaspel, "The Apostolic Model For Christian Ministry: An Analysis Of 1 Corinthians 2:1-5," Reformation & Revival 7.1 (Winter 1998): 21-34. pdf
	John D. Zizioulas, Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church. :Contemporary Greek Theologians Series. New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0881410292. pp.269.
	H.C. van Zyl, "The evolution of church leadership in the New Testament - a new consensus?" Neotestamentica 32.2 (1998): 585-604. pdf