Fall 1990 · Vol. 19 No. 2

Working Together in the Church

From the Editors: Working Together in the Church	Elmer A. Martens	2
Phases in Problem Solving: A Biblical Model for the Christian Community	Dalton Reimer	3–17
Church Leadership: A Historical Perspective	Abe J. Dueck	18–27
Issues in Church Polity for North American Mennonite Brethren	Isaac Block	28–38
Issues in Church Polity in the Brazilian Mennonite Brethren Church	Harry Janzen	39–42
Affirming the Laity for Ministry	Vern Heidebrecht	43–51
Jesus and Women in the Gospel of John	Karen Heidebrecht Thiessen	52–64
The Pastor's Role in Managing Church Conflict	Marlin E. Thomas	65–74
The Biblical Call to Unity: Implications for Mennonite Brethren	Ken Esau	75–86
Community Organization and Christian Leadership	Pakisa K. Tshimika	87–93
Preachers Are Theologians	David Ewert	94–99
Church Identity: Blurred but Recoverable	Levi Keidel	100–106
Recommended Reading Bible Study Helps and Commentaries	Elmer A. Martens, coord.	107–19
Current Research	Elmer A. Martens	120–23
Book Reviews
D. Edmond Hiebert, Second Peter and Jude: An Expositional Commentary	David Falk	124
Peter J. Klassen, A Homeland for Strangers: An Introduction to Mennonites in Poland and Prussia	Marlin Adrian	125
Vernon O. Redekop, A Life for a Life?	Gary Hardaway	125–26
Historical Endnotes	Heinrich Epp	127–39