“Paul sees the saints as agents in the work of ministry by which the church grows (Eph. 4.12). In the New Testament there is no such thing as ‘clergy’ and ‘laity’: we are all ministers and all receive ministry... The word ‘apostle’ (apostolos) means ‘one sent’, and this permits the New Testament writers to apply the term to people outside ‘the twelve’.” -J. Alec Motyer