Patterns of ministry among the first Christians

內容簡介

1. The modern debate about leadership in the early churches -- 2. House-church leadership and the rise of the monarchical bishop -- 3. Were all Christians deacons? Ministers and ministering in the early church -- 4. Communal leadership and the first Christian leaders -- 5. Teachers and teaching in the church -- 6. Prophets and prophesying in the Bible and in the church today -- 7. Apostles and apostleship before and after Paul -- 8. From commissioning for ministry to ordaining for life.