INSTITUTIONAL AND MOVEMENT FORMS OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
 
 
 

                            Method Of Religious Authorization

Contractual/
Covenantal
Balance                    Priestly                     Prophetic

                                 Progressive                  Adaptive
Contractual          Churches  -------------    Movements
Affirming
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                                 Integrative                     Integrative
                                Churches                       Movements

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Covenantal         Restorative -----------     Transformative
Affirming             Churches                       Movements