For For elders, ministers and students of Presbyterian church order; a booklet.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
A booklet on the eldership in the Reformed church and its theological basis.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A booklet on the office of elder in the Reformed church, published by the Handsel Press, Edinburgh, in 1984; Torrance published a related article in the Scottish Journal of Theology the same year. It was reprinted as "Eldership in the Reformed Church" in Gospel, Church, and Ministry (2012).
