A Guide to Church-Fellowship and Order

A posthumous ecclesiological treatise by the great Congregationalist theologian, arguing that voluntary church membership is an indispensable Christian duty. Owen examines who may rightly constitute a visible church, what qualifications fit a person for genuine communion, and why gospel ordinances remain perpetually binding. He then guides readers in evaluating which churches a conscientious Christian may lawfully join — insisting that truth, worship, ministry, and discipline are the non-negotiable marks of a congregation worthy of full communion.