What call?
Are you or are you not saved and a member of the Body of Christ?
Every born-again believer is Holy Spirit baptized INTO the Body of Christ.
This is what Paul is saying here:
14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 1 Cor. 12:14–27.
The Five-Fold Ministry of God are the five digits in the hand of God: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher. Christ is apostle not the man or woman. Christ is prophet not the man or woman. Christ is the evangelist not the man or woman. Christ is pastor/shepherd not the man or woman. Christ is teacher not the man or woman. Many parts in the Body of Christ. Then there are the spiritual gifts God gives the person to accomplish your calling.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 1 Cor. 12:8–11.
Also:
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom. 12:4–8.
And this list is not exhaustive. Basically, all believers saved by God have a place in the Body of Christ and spiritual gifts (as above) that help them accomplish that call. Consider: the heart has a place in the body. It pumps blood. That function is not given to the brain. The brain is a part of the body but it does not function to pump blood.
Consider: twelve apostles. The apostle corresponds to the thumb in the hand of God. BUT, each apostle of the Lamb had various spiritual gifts to accomplish their call as apostle. Peter was apostle and let's say for the sake of argument his spiritual gifts were "discerning of spirits and prophecy, while Paul was apostle with the spiritual gifts of word of knowledge, word of wisdom, tongues, interpretation of tongues, and prophecy. Some believers in the Body of Christ have at least ONE spiritual gift and some have more depending on the God that graced them with their gifts.
Example:
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts 13:1-2.
Q: How did the Holy Ghost communicate to the believers He wanted Barnabas and aul "to the work have called them?"
A: Through the gift of prophecy (most likely through the prophet in this fellowship as they had 'church.')
Then, there was a period of time to pray and fast and again the Holy Ghost confirmed His earlier speaking (prophecy) to separate Barnabas and Saul.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Acts 13:3–4.
Through knowledge and experience are these gifts of God exercised and matured. But one MUST be in a church where these gifts are exercised and experienced. Just like the Church at Antioch.
The belief that ALL apostles have to have seen Jesus personally and have the ability to do miracles is to put God in a box. We are NOT ALL apostles. We do NOT ALL have the same spiritual gifts. So, the instruction to "preach the gospel" as given by Christ in Matthew 28:19-20 was given specifically to the eleven (and earlier, to the twelve Matt. 10.) Remember the context. An evangelist 'preaches the gospel,' and we are NOT ALL evangelists. An apostle is merely one who is sent. OK. Sent to do what for God? That's the question. It varies. And an apostle does not all have the same spiritual gift to accomplish that call of being sent.
Are you getting any of this?