Church Polity Is Like Stretching
Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan explore why church polity matters and its overlooked biblical importance.
The Everyday Pastor · Matt Smethurst, Ligon Duncan
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Show Notes
Church polity is like stretching. It seems boring until something tears—and then you wish you’d devoted more time to it. Despite their differences (Matt Smethurst is a congregationalist and Ligon Duncan is a Presbyterian), both agree Scripture has a lot to say—more than many evangelicals assume—about how a local church should be structured. This is an underrated topic, and pastors impoverish themselves by not giving careful attention to it.
In this episode of The Everyday Pastor, Smethurst and Duncan explore why church polity matters and its overlooked biblical importance.
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