| This, however, helps us understand the significant role women played in certain ecclesial communities of the early church. |
| Many mistakenly believe that, in the years that followed, the Church governed both ecclesial and civil affairs with a heavy hand. |
| I want to flag four aspects of this research, which affect the preparation of lay ecclesial ministers. |
| Similarly, the ecclesial intuitions of the Eastern and Reformed churches could become a very profitable complement to the Roman vision. |
| It is this kind of ecclesiology that will lead to a ministerial leadership and ecclesial structures that will equip believers for their callings. |
| Here, evangelicals are at one with Pentecostals in their rejection of ecclesial institutionalism, hierarchicalism, and traditionalism. |
