The protestant church (the church)  elected the Edlers and Deacons.  This is the rehersal of democratic election system prevaling today.  The church provided an excellent playground for people to play democracy in a very decent way supervised by God.   When the church opened its door to the world, this set of wel-practiced way of politics were readily tr4asnferred into secular systems and became the true blessing.

If you look at the difference in the political landscapers between protestant countries and catholic countries, you could see the difference.