Words of the week

Concerning the church, you can read about in the Bible, its leadership is very simple.  First, the headquarters is in heaven where Jesus is the head of the church; there is no man selected to serve in this office, this is a position that Jesus holds exclusively.  Eph 1.20-23. Eph 5.23. Col 1.18.   
 
On the local level the church has men who been selected to serve as bishops over the church in which they have been chosen. 1 Peter 5.1-4
 
There are men who are church servants known as deacons, they take care of various things which the elders deem necessary to keep the church functioning; they are not overseers they are servants. 1Tim 3.8-13
 
And there's the general membership; those who don’t serve in any of the capacities that we have just mentioned.  Phil 1.1 
 
And that's it; there's nothing else about the organization of the church that you can read about in the Bible.
1 Peter 4.11
 
If someone mentions other offices, you're listening to man-made doctrine. Mark 7.5-13