Editing Congregational polity (section)

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|title=Systematic Theology
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|year=1975
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|editor3-last=Dunnavant
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|editor4-first=D. Newell
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|editor-last=Horton
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|title=Systematic Theology
|edition=rev.
|location=Springfield, Michigan
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|volume=1
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* {{cite book
|last=Matthews
|first=Rex Dale
|year=2007
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|first=Peter M.
|year=2004
|title=Elders, Eldership
|editor1-last=Foster
|editor1-first=Douglas A.
|editor1-link=Douglas A. Foster
|editor2-last=Blowers
|editor2-first=Paul M.
|editor3-last=Dunnavant
|editor3-first=Anthony L.
|editor4-last=Williams
|editor4-first=D. Newell
|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement
|location=Grand Rapids, Michigan
|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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|first=Ron
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|last=Roberts
|first=Price
|year=1979
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|first=R.&nbsp;B.
|year=2003
|orig-year=1948
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|last=Wharton
|first=Edward C.
|year=1997
|title=The Church of Christ: The Distinctive Nature of the New Testament Church
|location=Nashville, Tennessee
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}}
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