In Israel, leaders were set apart by anointing, by rules, and by expectations. But in the early church, this system of leadership was dissolved by the Lordship and Headship of Christ. “As God intended to be Himself king over Israel, so Christ has come as God’s king over His newly constituted people. As head of His church, all others, including leaders, function as parts of one body both sustained by Christ and growing up into Him.”4
Leaders part of the body of Christ
