Umfundisi (ofushaniswe njengo " Pr " noma " Ptr " {singular}, noma " Ps " {plural}) ungumholi webandla lamaKrestu futhi onikeza izeluleko nezeluleko kubantu abavela emphakathini noma ebandleni. KumaLuthela, ubuKhatholika, i- Eastern Orthodox, i- Oriental Orthodoxy ne- Anglicanism, njalo kugcotshwa abefundisi. KwiMethodism, abefundisi bangavunyelwa noma bagcotshwe. Abefundisi kufanele baziphathe njengabelusi ngokunakekela umhlambi, futhi lokhu kunakekelwa kufaka nokufundisa.ITestamente Elisha lisebenzisa amagama athi "ababhishobhi" ( Izenzo 20:28 ) nelithi " presbyter " (1 Peter 5: 1) ukukhombisa ubuholi obumisiwe ebuKristwini bokuqala.Ngokunjalo, uPetru uyalela lezi zinceku ukuba "zenze njengabelusi" njengoba "ziqondisa" umhlambi kaNkulunkulu (1 Pet. 5: 2).Amagama athi "umbhishobhi" nelithi "presbyter" kwesinye isikhathi ayesetshenziswa ngendlela eshintshanayo, njengakuThithu 1: 5-6.Kodwa-ke, kunokungqubuzana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwamagatsha obuKrestu ngokuthi kukhona yini amakilasi amabili agcotshiwe (ama-presbyter nabadikoni) noma abathathu (ababhishobhi, abapristi, nabadikoni). Umbono wokuqala uqinisekiswa yiPresbyterian Church.