Apostolic Leadership

Servanthood is a cool idea and provoking sermon in the body of Christ, but the Lord has been inviting me to the reality of it lately. However, I really have no idea how to respond because He's calling me to things I've not experienced before. My dialog with Him around this topic has brought me to this question:

What is the meaning of apostolic leadership?

This may seem like a strange question to be stirred by the topic of serving, but when you just take a moment to think, it should make sense to you (Rom. 1:1). Over the next week or two, I'm going to be posting my thoughts and questions around this topic, but I just wanted to get your juices flowing and comments around the theme in this verse:

"Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God... For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor... Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me."

-1 Corinthians 4:1,9-10, 16