Yeshua did not create leadership functions for His New Covenant Community. Why reinvent what was already functioning well? There were already leadership functions in the 1st c. synagogues. Instead, what the Bible shows us is that there are certain functions declared to be gifts from Yeshua to the New Covenant community/synagogues - Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists. But did you know these functions were already established in synagogues? They operated alongside the President, Superintendent, Preacher, elders, deacons! Ready for an amazing change of perspective?