Rock Solid Pillars of Doctrine

Since the local church is “the pillar and support of the truth” (1 Tim:3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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—Alexander Strauch (Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership)