"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
It may seem like something is wrong to say one should start a ministry with the 
“right” people, given our belief that Jesus loves us all the same and values us all the same. Is there a problem?
That’s a very good question and an extremely important one to ask because working this out and acting wisely concerning this issue pays rich dividends; and by contrast if we mess up here, the consequences can be long lasting and unfortunate.
The first thing we want to point out is that Jesus chose to start His ministry (in part) by hanging out with a lot of folks as he proclaimed his message and then He later chose people from those followers to become His disciples. They were followers who became disciples and eventually they (minus Judas and with the addition of Mathias) were intended to be apostles (his four star general leaders).
He prayed about the people decisions He was going to make and for those people once those decisions were made; but, one thing to see is that he just didn’t pick these folks randomly as one might expect if the only criterion Jesus used for this was their essential equality before Him.
As we said earlier, he didn’t choose them at first, but hung out with them and noticed who responded to the things He said. He specifically asked them to follow Him. One of the things He was looking for was their spiritual receptivity. Then, as He went about His ministry of seeking to save the lost of Israel and going about doing good, he took them along and got to know them “in the battle.”
Then he gave responsiblities to them and evaluated how well they did. Space will not allow to cover all the subtleties involved in His choices and their implications, but one thing to see is that He chose fallible humans. He didn’t choose everybody—he chose a few that showed spiritual interest and responsiveness—and even some He knew would fail. After that, He systematically worked with them, got to know their weaknesses and strengths. In short, he started by attracting masses, but quickly His eye was on looking for the right people to become disciples and eventually lead the movement after He “left."
Even Jesus couldn’t and didn’t do it all and He trusted the Holy Spirit would eventually lead them into all truth after He left them.
One plausible way to make sense of this is that while humans all share the same essential intrinsic equality, they do not share a similar non-essential, instrumental equality. That is, we have differing gifts and callings. Some of the gifts are more important to a movement’s success than others; these gifts (spiritual and natural), on which our instrumental value depends, do not essentially affect our intrinsic equality, but does affect what we can do well and like to do.
That is, the instrumental value of “gifting" adds nothing to a person’s essential intrinsic value, but gifts do make a difference, probably a big difference in instrumental value. And one of the things you as a leader are required to do is make decisions about the best use of the instrumental values of your people…without harming their's and other’s sense of intrinsic value independent of their gifts and accomplishments. It’s a fine line, but good leaders can do a lot of good by minding that line.
That needs to be done skillfully because most of us, perhaps all of us are wired to be sensitive to how people value us…and because of our falleness we are prone to reach the wrong conclusion. The people with gifts and the greater gifts are treated differently and that can be confusing to those learning from the Scriptures about their essential equality.
We unconsciously conclude that the people who have great extrinsic value are more loved by God than others. That’s simply not true.
Worse, our working with those who have extrinsic gifts of great magnitude might send signals that people don’t have the same intrinsic value. You need to be aware of that all the time, less we become sort of anti-Gospel by the way we do things, though unintentionally; or, that you have unjustified means of accomplishing things. No, you’d be following Christ’s example of how He led when he was on earth.
All that needs to be taken into consideration when you choose people for tasks, some apparently more for “glorious" and up-front roles, while other play a more behind the scenes supporting roles.
Compare with this passage:
1Cor. 12:11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
1Cor. 12:12 ¶ The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
1Cor. 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
1Cor. 12:14 ¶ Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
1Cor. 12:15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1Cor. 12:16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1Cor. 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
1Cor. 12:18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
1Cor. 12:19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
1Cor. 12:20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1Cor. 12:21 ¶ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
1Cor. 12:22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
1Cor. 12:23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
1Cor. 12:24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
1Cor. 12:25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
1Cor. 12:26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
1Cor. 12:27 ¶ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
1Cor. 12:28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.
1Cor. 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
1Cor. 12:30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
1Cor. 12:31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts. ¶ And now I will show you the most excellent way.
So, get to know your people and take a look at the other resources we have assembled 
for you regarding dealing with with people’s involvement issues in your community and discuss it with us (if you like). What kinds of people can play a role in helping you launch your Christian faculty community with the (ceteris paribus) best chance of succeeding?