Michael Licona Believes in Biblocality

Don't say I of Cephas, or I of Apollos, or I of Paul, or I of Christ. No congregationalism, no denominationalism, no non-denominationalism. God's way for the Church is according to Scriptural locality: that is, God has in view the regional Apostles appointing Elders for the whole locality.

You can use the term like "Biblocality" to describe the fact that Apostles work regionally to appoint Elders of a locality.

For example, in The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel on page 118, we read Mike Licona saying, "Tertullian confirms that John appointed Polycarp as bishop [Elder] of the church of Smyrna." This is a correct statement. Polycarp was not an Apostle, but was an Elder of a locality.

He wasn't appointed to The Baptist Church, The Roman Church, The Eastern Orthodox Church, The Presbyterian Church, or the Methodist Church. He was appointed to be the head of the locality.