In Ephesians 4.11-16 Paul describes the process for building and maintaining good churches, starting with the very first believers in the first century.  God took the initial steps, giving

• Apostles
• Prophets
• Evangelists
• Shepherds
• Teachers

These gifted people are to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, with the end goals of:

• Unity of faith
• Knowledge of the Son of God
• Mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
• No longer be children
• No longer tossed to and from by every wind of doctrine, human cunning, or craftiness in deceitful schemes
• Able to speak the truth in love
• Grow up in every way him who is the head, into Christ
• Each part of the body working properly
• Body builds itself up in love

These two lists are continuations of other lists that show what a church should look like and how our oneness is in what we believe.