Don Johnson

You may wish to check out what Deborah Gill has to say on spiritual gifts. She has a DVD that is very good.

My understanding is that the only “office” is one of the 12, which is why Judas needed to be replaced and the reason for 12 is to map to the 12 tribes. Everything else is a gift, however, with the coming of hierarchy offices were created, such as the office of a bishop, etc. However, this is not warranted by the NT documents, it is always, Peter, an elder, or Paul, an apostle, NOT Elder Peter or Apostle Paul.