A Presbyterian Brother Responds to “We and Our Elders”

Dear Readers, In the special issue of March 15, 1986, I wrote an article entitled "We and Our Elders," in which I gave an analysis of one difference between the Reformed and the Presbyterian systems of church government. I will quote the opening pertinent paragraphs. The relation between believers in the church and the elders is often incorrectly viewed as similar to that between citizens of the United States and their State or Congressional Representatives. Ours (USA) is a government "of the...