A Firm Foundation: The History of Church Organization and Administration

How can a multimillion-member religious organization succeed while relying almost entirely upon a lay ministry? It is unprecedented among world religions today.

The business of creating organizational and administrative structure in the Lord's work began at least as early as the time of Moses. Later, in New Testament times, the Apostle Paul described a higher level of Church organization when he wrote to the Corinthians, "God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets,...