It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church is no essential element in the theology of the church.


A Theology of the New Testament (ed. 1993)

George Eldon Ladd Quotes

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church...

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church...

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church...

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church...