Single Leadership Structures

Okay, I'm bored with watching grass grow. It looks like I won't get to mow my lawn until next spring, which is a huge disappointment...Oh well, I just have to get over it and move on.

Here's a provoking thought from Alex McManus (Erwin's brother):

"Take this first list:
1) The single leadership structures that are assumed at every popular leadership conference are unbiblical.
2) The leadership structures of almost every church in America are not scriptural.
3) There are no examples of single leadership in the NT.
4) Practically every Pastor we admire leads from an unbiblical leadership paradigm.

Do these ideas cut against the current corporate church leadership culture? You bet they do."

A question I have is whether church leadership structure a cultural issue rather than a 'biblical' issue. Was plural leadership a reflection of the culture of the NT and is singular leadership merely a reflection of today's culture?

Another thought is that I don't think the leading pastors we admire today are a 'alone' as they may appear. I bet everyone of them has an close leadership team that works with them. They just happen to be the 'face' of the organization, which is merely a cultural reflection of the way we do things. So maybe McManus' comments are much to do about nothing...