It was Jesus who designed His apostolic church, to preach His Gospel to the world. It could also be argued that Jesus, who is God, knew He would not be around to head the work himself, so He designed His church so that it could be carried out in His absence; to preach the Gospel, "first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." One only gets the impression that Paul was important because Jesus chose Paul (after the Resurrection) to head the Apostolic or missionary effort to the Jews. Paul was not only already a Jew and a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling priesthood in Israel, but also a Roman citizen. This opened many doors among those in the Roman government. Certainly, Paul played an important role, but so did Peter, who had a number of missions