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The role of the monarch in the Church of England, while technically its head, is limited strictly to the selection of bishops. Even here, involvement is limited, as the Monarch chooses from one of three candidates sent by the Prime Minister, from a list that was created by a synod of bishops. Article 37 (of the 39 Articles) explicitly defines the role as ...

Yes. No. Maybe. This is all really tied up in the idea of Federal Headship. The most obvious Scriptural example of this is Adam and Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive This is developed a lot more in the epistles, but the general idea is that Adam acted as a representative for all of mankind: a ...

It is a fairly natural idea to have somebody fulfilling this role, and various Christian traditions have done just that. The following are from Worship music: a concise dictionary (ed. Edward Foley, 2000): Cantor [Latin]. "Singer" (1) In Christianity, a 5th-century term for the psalmist; later, the medieval singer (often cleric) who intoned and led the ...

While the New Testament does not give complete details about the selection process, the role of other leaders is much more clearly documented than the role of congregations, at least in the appointment of elders. Acts 6, by contrast, involves the selection of servant leaders, known in most churches today as deacons. The Apostles were too busy to "serve ...

Of course, the man is the spiritual head of the family. There are many references in the Bible that point to it. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and ...

The Jehovah´s Witnesses have what they call a Governing Body. A good reference on their beliefs can be found in Chapter 14 of their publication Bearing Witness where they show how they interpret Acts 15 as a being similar governing body in the early Christian assembly. Biblical Principles of JW Organisational Structure Organisationally, Jehovah's Witnesses ...

The head of the Jehovah's Witness Church is known as the Watchtower Society. Sorry for using Wikipedia as a reference, but apparently the JW website doesn't give out much information on them. On the official Jehovah's Witnesses website, we can get the following information: http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/congregations-organized/ How Are ...

Acts 6 pretty clearly says that the congregation choose the leaders. Acts 6:2-3 'Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, '... Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation ...'" The apostles told the congregation that the congreation should choose these men. We are not told whether this was done with a ...

As with many gifts of the Spirit, the gift of 'leadership' is not described in the Bible directly. The first conclusion I draw from that is the unique operations of The Holy Spirit do not require a user guide. For example, at Pentecost the Bible says, Acts 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the ...

I think that you are confused about the purpose of the deacon or bishop ordination. They are not ordained for their own benefit, but for the benefit of all the church. Therefore it is important that they are not a reason for scandal and offence. The fact that someone isn't found fit to be ordained as deacon, presbyter or bishop doesn't mean that he can't ...