This book challenges pastors to step down from their exalted position and return to the New Testament form of local church leadership by a council of elders-men whose character, not their gifts or degrees, qualify them to lead God's family on earth.

It takes a tortured twisting of the words of Jesus and his disciples to defend the professional positions of today's clergy.

The division between the "clergy" and the "laity" violates the teachings of Jesus and the practice of the apostles. Jesus did not appoint one of his disciples over the others. After his resurrection, none claimed...