A Biblical Theology of Ecclesieal Formation

I've been thinking about our book and what my contribution might be. I'm going back to exodus...finding that God is building a community with a certain moral, ethical, spiritual character. A people that will carry on a God tradition in the place where they dwell. I'm looking for the methodology that God uses to place certain people in certain roles. I think it might be easy to travel to the writings of Paul in order to find the gifts that God has equiped his people with, but I want the bigger picture...what has been working itself out the whole time. What kind of teaching are God's people to institute...What kind of discipline must be executed...what sort of individual and communal cultic practice is best to draw people together in worship of God? More thoughts later...