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Elders in Every City: The Origin and Role of the Ordained Ministry

By Roger Beckwith, Andrew Atherstone (Preface by)
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By Roger Beckwith, Andrew Atherstone (Preface by)
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In retirement, Beckwith published one of his most important and enduring books - Elders in Every City: The Origin and Role of the Ordained Ministry (2003) - dedicated to J. I. Packer, his 'mentor and friend'. This slim and highly accessible study, based on a series of addresses to the clergy of Blackburn diocese, shows how the ministry of presbyters and bishops evolved in the early church with roots in the teaching office of elders in the Jewish synagogue. In a letter of appreciation, Packe...