Resident Strangers is BACK! 🎉 And so is Sarah Schalow, from maternity leave. The whole crew is together again! After a full summer run of episodes, the team took a short breather, but you can now expect new episodes to drop regularly back into your feed.

Today kicks off the first in a 3-part series on church polity. We start at the beginning: what exactly is a denomination? Rich explains it as a formal organizational structure that individual churches fit into. The episode also touches on some key historical moments that led to the wide variety of denominations we see today, most often arising from theological differences or questions of church polity and politics. From baptism to the autonomy of the local church, to the authority of Scripture, these topics have shaped major denominational “splits” throughout history. Steve also unpacks what it means for churches to be part of associations (like Desert Springs is) and what that entails.

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