My pastor (G.D. Thompson) used to teach that Laodicea, layity rules, didn't mean that the laity would rule the pulpit by telling the pastor what to preach and what not to preach, but that they would rule by simply ignoring what was preached. So they ruled not by vote or mandate, but in their response, or lack thereof to the preached word.
Still makes a lot of sense to me.
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