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The Early Church Was Not a Heirachy!

Just a thought on the title of this article; whilst this may be true, and those who are against ‘hierarchies’ in the church always cite the fact that the early church was not a heir-achy, as the reason churches should never be such.

But wait – whilst I  am not arguing that the church should or shouldn’t be a heir-achy – this argument holds no water as being a good reason not to have them. Why? Because the early church – or ANY group of people or movement would never start as a heir-achy. It would always start and as a rag-tag group of folks in agreement (and often struggling to find agreement) without hierarchical organisation.

So my point simply is – if we are saying heir-achy in the church is bad (Im not saying it necessarily is) then we need a better reason than to say it didn’t start as one.

It also might be worth noting there will be heir-achy in heaven. Not perhaps the kind we are used to modelled by the kings, queens and rulers on earth, but this is described in The Bible.




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