the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness. (Eph 4:11–13) Paul told the Ephesian church that God had given them gifted individuals with the express purpose of training them, the church members, to do the work of the ministry. This would result in the growth of the body of Christ. Churches are weak when the clergy does the ministry and the laity merely receives it. God’s plan is for gifted leaders to equip others to do the ministry. I have been a