One Man Leadership

One Man Leadership

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

The spiritual authority in the church around the world needs corporate reformation and personal reformation, much of the spiritual leadership, is not the leadership of the church, instead it is the leadership of man. –(Zech. 4:6)

There is no scripture foundation for the one-man leadership, there is no one rule leadership in the Church, instead there is only one Head of the church, that our Lord Jesus Christ. One-man leadership is of the Diotrephes spirit, and the wisdom of religion and the wisdom of man. –(3 Jn. 9-12)

There is not scripture foundation for the pastor to lead the whole congregation, there is no scripture foundation for the senior pastor, and the senior pastor is not the will of Christ for the church or the congregation, there is no scripture foundation for the modern day pastor as we see today, instead the pastor is to be the home church leader, to pastor the members from the fellowship of the church in the home. –(Rom. 16:5)

There is no scripture foundation for an apostle to be the one-man leadership or the one-man rule over the church. This is not true apostolic, this is not true apostolic government; the apostles are not lords in the church, instead they are foundational ministry. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

The apostle is first among equals, the apostle is first in church government, he is to lead the way, and this does not mean he is lord, this does not mean one-man leadership, this does not mean one man rule, the apostle is not called to be an tyrant, or autocrat, oppressor of the church, the church government is not a tyranny, totalitarianism. The apostle is the set visionary and set coordinator, he is the senior elder and senior leader, and however he works with the cooperation, continuity, and coherence of the plurality of elders. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

Yes there is a time for the forerunner, pioneer, and pathfinder work of the apostle, when an apostle must go far ahead of the rest, and may lead as the pioneer without the establishment of the plurality of elders. –(Isa. 62:10)

The plurality of elders work together in cooperation, continuity, and coherence, the senior elder first among equals works with the cooperation, continuity, and coherence of the rest of elders, then he will lead the way in vision and revelation, as the set coordinator of the plurality of elders, and the senior elder of the congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

The senior elder should be an apostle, the senior should be the set man, but this is not a one man leadership, instead he is to lay down the path to follow the set vision, and he is the set visionary of the plurality of elders and the congregation. –(Num. 27:15-23)

The leading elders of the plurality of elders, are first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, these three are the leading elders of the congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

It is not one-man leadership; it is apostle, prophet, and teacher team. It is not one-man rule, instead it is apostle, prophet, teacher cooperation, continuity, and coherencies, and with the lead apostle being the coordinator of the cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of the plurality of elders. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Throughout the Holy Scriptures we see the examples of the threefold team of the apostle, prophet, and teacher: We see this in the Trinity the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit; Prophet, King, Priest; Faith, hope, love; prophecy, visions, dreams; and Gifts of the Father, the Five-fold Ministry, and the Gifts of the Spirit. Just as there is the oneness of the Trinity, there is oneness and unity in and between the threefold team. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3, Matt. 23:34)

The Threefold team is to form a trinity team in Christ and the Holy Spirit. They are to move in the same unity and same oneness of the Godhead. The congregation is to have the same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead, and the city church is to have the same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead, and the church around the world is to have same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead. –(Jn. 17)

Even the foundation of the church there is no a one man ministry, it is not a one man rule, instead it is apostles and prophet, it is the team work of both the apostle and prophet working together in cooperation, continuity, and coherencies with one another, with the apostle being the leading coordinator of the foundation work of the church however, the apostle leads from with the cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of the two unfolding team. –(Eph. 2:20, 3:5, Rev. 18:20, LK. 11:29, Isa. 1:26)

The believers are to do the work of the ministry, not the five-fold ministry, the believers are to do the work of ministry with cooperation, continuity, and coherencies, in unity and oneness, the five-fold ministry is to equip the saints for the work of ministry; they are the equipping ministry, and they are to equip with cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of one another in unity and oneness in Christ. –(Eph. 4:11-12)

Furthermore, there is no one-man leadership, and there is no one man rule in the church, instead there is cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of spiritual leadership and spiritual authority in the church. –(1 Cor. 12:4-6)

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