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William Branham had unique views and teaching on proper church structure and governance. This article will examine whether his views were scriptural | William Branham had unique views and teaching on proper church structure and governance. This article will examine whether his views were scriptural. | ||
=What did William Branham teach about church governance?= | |||
William Branham believed and taught that: | |||
#The local church was sovereign | |||
#The elder was the highest office in the church | |||
#When the New Testament refers to elders it is really referring to pastors | |||
#The people should vote for the pastor | |||
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''...the pastor is the highest order in the Church. The elder is the highest thing in the apostolic Church, outside of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit brings His Message straight to the elder, and the elder gives It to the people.<ref>58-1007 - Church Order, para. 60</ref> | ''...the pastor is the highest order in the Church. The elder is the highest thing in the apostolic Church, outside of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit brings His Message straight to the elder, and the elder gives It to the people.<ref>58-1007 - Church Order, para. 60</ref> | ||
''You all voted a hundred percent on it, so we’ve held right to that, see. The church is sovereign. What the church says, that’s what. Trustees or nobody else…The trustees is just, each one, a vote. The pastor is just one vote. It’s the church, that it’s—it’s the democracy of the church, the sovereignty of the church. The church, in whole, speaks. That’s all. And we like that, because we have no bishops or hierarchies or overseers or so forth to tell us this, that, or the other. It’s the Holy Spirit in the church, does the speaking. I like that rule, and it’s very fine.<ref>William Branham, 62-1007 - The Key To The Door, para. 8</ref> | |||
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