The Jews of the Diaspora gradually acquired a worship service that . . . consisted wholly in preaching and prayer. It was these assemblies which in the Old Testament era laid the groundwork for the Christian church community to come.- Herman BavinckFinally, an updated, user-friendly and annotated edition of one of church history's most important works on the polity of the church.For some church members, the term, church polity, may induce a yawn...