a) Plurality embodies and expresses the New Testament principle of interdependence and diversity of gifts among members of Christ's body (Rom. 12; 1 Cor. 12).

b) Plurality acknowledges human limitations by recognizing that no one elder or bishop can possess the full complement of gifts God intends to use to bless and build the church (1 Cor. 12:21). This approach, in fact, discourages narcissistic personalities who look to exercise unique and exclusive authority or control within a team.

c) Plurality creates a leadership structure where men must model the unity to which God calls the whole church (John 17:23; Rom. 15:5; Eph. 4:3, 13; Col. 3:14). Plurality calls forward timid leaders to share the weight of governing responsibility.

d) Plurality creates a community of care, support, and accountability that guards the calling, life, and doctrine of the leaders (1 Tim. 4:14, 16; Titus 1:6-9; James 5:16). Where plurality truly exists, pastors and elders remain appropriately engaged, loved, guided, and harnessed together.

e) Plurality provides a mechanism to deal wisely and collaboratively with the institutional necessities of the local church.

f) Plurality contradicts the idea of a singular genius and replaces it with what the Bible calls an 'abundance of counselors' (Prov. 11:14; 15:22; 24:26) who collaborate, lead, and guide the church together. This isn't simply a clever constitutional maneuver. It's a recognition of the New Testament pattern. According to the biblical authors, the authority for the local church was given to the entire eldership, not to just one gifted leader. In other words, the responsibility inheres in the group, not the man.