At some point we accepted the idea that shepherding is the preeminent leadership role of “church.” In doing so, we misread the word as a title instead of a function, and we further eroded leadership by assuming that “sheep” is the preeminent behavior of the remainder of the Body. We lost the need for apostles, prophets, and teachers in the context in which they were originated, and we relegated evangels to the identity of “souls winners.”
What if God gives us a “do over?” Would we not need to assume that sheep is a behavior requiring shepherding? Would we not need to understand “teacher” as someone able to train people in ways that do more than inform? Would we not, then, begin to arrive at the originating concepts of Jesus, tha
