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Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology.(Book review)
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Baptist History and Heritage
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January 1, 2008
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- Waggoner, Earl
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Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology. By John S. Hammett. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2005. 368 pp.
Ecclesiology has drawn a remarkable amount of recent attention. Within the past five years, both mission-sending agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention saw the need to craft ecclesiological guidelines for church planters, and not without some controversy. Within that same period, institutions within the broader evangelical community sponsored two major ecclesiology conferences, both resulting in published volumes. John Hammett's book is a useful contribution to this timely conversation. Organized into five parts with each one answering a ...