Leadership was always plural: the word 'presbyter' from which we derive 'priest' is regularly used in the plural when describing Christian ministry in the New Testament.
Minkarhi hinkwayo u tirhisa rito leri" "ku nyupela" kumbe "ku nghena ematini mmiri hinkwaro"; loko a vulavula hinkhuvulo, xivumbeko xa rito leri hi lexi xi twisisekisaka xi swona ku suka eka ririmi leri Testamente leyintshwa yi nga sungula ku tsariwa hi rona.