Steve Elliott is President of Church Assistance Ministry, an organization that provides coaching and training for church leadership. He is the guest speaker for the 2011 U.S. Regional Conferences.
The New Testament mentions a wide variety of leaders in the church: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, bishops, elders and deacons. What are these offices? Are they commanded for the church today? Let's examine the evidence. We'll begin with the titles given in Eph. 4:11.