About Biblical Church Governance: Biblical Principles for Being and Leading Local Churches - Softcover

Gammon, Stephen A

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798889365112

Publisher: Aneko Press, 2025

Synopsis

This book reviews historic biblical principles that are critically important in local church governance for all times, cultures, and governance models, emphasizing the positive outcomes of adherence and the hard consequences of neglect. With a lifetime of ministry leadership experience, Stephen Gammon reviews necessary biblical principles such as headship, leadership, and membership. Questions are included for personal reflection and for prayerful discussion among church leadership teams. From long ministry experience in the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference in the USA, and internationally with the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship (WECF), Gammon also includes an insightful addendum on Practicing Biblical Congregationalism.

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About the Author

Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Gammon is a third-generation minister who has walked with God since his early childhood. He has served nearly five decades wherever and however God has directed him, including in leadership as a church youth director, in three local church pastorates, as a U.S. Navy Chaplain, as a denominational leader of ministers and churches (Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, USA), and on the leadership team of the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship. Steve and his wife, Helen, reside in Northfield, Minnesota. They have three adult children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, four grandsons, and a dog named Fenway. Steve is the author of three additional books, all published by Aneko Press: Walking with God: 101 Lessons for Life and Ministry (2014), Walking With God Through Deep Valleys: Lessons on Finding Contentment When Life Is Hard (2020), and a yearlong daily devotional titled Because God . . . I Can: 12 Themes on Following Jesus (2021), which are all available for free eBook download.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aneko Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798889365112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202