Christians: Who was the leader of the disciples after Jesus died?

The resurrected and glorified Jesus Christ. If we do not believe that Jesus Christ is the head and leader of the Christian Congregation, then we are not listening to him. He said:

Matthew 23:9, 10
9 Moreover, do not call anyone your father on earth, for one is your Father, the heavenly One. 10 Neither be called leaders, for your Leader is one, the Christ.

Jesus is ALIVE. Before he ascended to heaven, he said this:

Matthew 28:20
... teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”

The Christians were to teach his disciples the things that Jesus commanded. They were also to do this:

Acts 1:8
8 But you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses of me in Jerusalem, in all Ju·deʹa and Sa·marʹi·a, and to the most distant part of the earth.”

Some feel that Peter was given the headship of the Christian congregation, and base this on Matthew 16:16-18. But that could not be the case, for these reasons:

If he was so given the headship by Jesus, the apostles would not have cause to dispute over who is the greatest. But right after Matthew 16:18, on that very night, two other gospel accounts showed that they did just that. Mark 9:33-35; Luke 22:24-26

Peter's name means rock or a stone, but Jesus is the rock on which the congregation stands. Peter's name was from the masculine Greek word pe'tros. But the rock on which the congregation was built is Jesus Christ, as is clearly stated in Peter himself identified the rock-mass (the feminine Greek word peʹtra) on which the congregation is built to be Jesus, even quoting the scriptures to establish that:

1 Peter 2:4-6
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen, precious to God, 5 you yourselves as living stones are being built up into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, in order to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it says in Scripture: “Look! I am laying in Zion a chosen stone, a precious foundation cornerstone, and no one exercising faith in it will ever be disappointed.”

Peter did NOT decide on the first decision that the apostles made. After Jesus' ascension, they had to replace Judas Iscariot. The apostles consulted the scriptures which prophesied that this was to take place, then they prayed together, and two faithful disciples that were with Jesus from the beginning of his ministry were presented,.and then, following the scriptures, one was selected. Following Jesus' example of doing all things according to the inspired scriptures, they addressed this issue. Acts 1:13-26

When the ministry of the spirit-anointed apostles resulted in several thousand getting baptized, they did not teach according to the teaching of Peter alone, but "the teaching of the apostles." Acts 3:42

This took place every time, where the apostles behaved as a unified governing body. When there was an issue with the overlooking of Gentile widows, "the twelve" handled it, and the seven brothers presented to deal with this specific issue were brought "before the apostles" before they were assigned.

Some 15 years after Jesus' ascension, the issue of requiring Gentile Christians to be circumcised came up. Acts 15:1-3 showed that this issue was brought before the "apostles and elders in Jerusalem" indicating that by this time, it wasn't just the apostles that were in this governing body. The decision that was made after discussion and considering and applying the inspired scriptures, was sent to all Christian congregations "for observance" - they all had to abide by that decision, made by the holy spirit, followed by these apostles and older men. Acts 15:20-21, 28-29

Acts 16:4, 5
"As they traveled on through the cities, they would deliver to them for observance the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and the elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 Then, indeed, the congregations continued to be made firm in the faith and to increase in number day by day."

No one else besides these brothers had deciding influence over their spiritual decisions- no kings, no emperors, no political leaders. They were not given any temporal power to enforce their decisions - brothers and sisters who were loyal to God and Jesus Christ were loyal to these brothers who strictly abided by the inspired scriptures. And the congregations were encouraged by the congregational growth that the holy spirit made possible, to cooperate with them.

D: None of the above.

"You the Romans likes to build Churches to be nurturing churches."

"I did not come to build churches"

You misunderstood the Christ principles.

"I am the way ,and the true and the life .no one go to the father if not for the son."

And the son is Jesus Christ .

Peter,then Paul.

It was Peter.
Paul refers to Peter, James and John as the pillars of the church.
The early church Fathers recognized that Peter was given authority to lead the church.

Protestants like to say that Jesus or the Holy Spirit continued to be the leader of the church. However that only applies to the invisible church - a reference to living saints. Protestants do not believe that Jesus instituted a physical church before he died. Historical evidence does support the Catholic concept of a physical church lead by the apostles and later led by the Bishop of Rome as the successor of Peter.

According to the Scriptures James was the leader of the early church.

Why are so many peddling their own agendas when Scripture is so clear?

Peter was the leader but understand that Peter was not Jesus and was not trained in the Jewish law. Paul was a Pharisee and he was trained in Jewish law. I also think that Paul as Saul was a diplomat because when he was persecuting Christians, he seemed to have access to government offices.

James was the leader in Jerusalem. When Paul went to the Church the Apostles went to eo come to a decision about the Gentiles it was James who made that decision. Paul denied he had a leader other than Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Later, it seems that Peter was the leader in Jerusalem.

Jesus is the head of the church. All the apostles are equal. The catholics say its Peter (which I don't believe and is not proven in scripture). Being a christian means you follow Christ not Peter and not the other 11.

He never stop being their leader.notice what Jesus stated after he was resurrected:Matthew 28:18-20
18 Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.+ 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations,+ baptizing them+ in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.+ And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”*+

There are examples of organization. The congregations benefited from loving oversight by the apostles. For example, Titus was assigned by the apostle Paul to Crete “to get everything organised there.” (Titus 1:5, The Jerusalem Bible) And Paul wrote to the Corinthian congregation that some brothers possessed “powers of organization,” or were “organizers.” (1 Corinthians 12:28, The New Testament in Modern Speech; The Bible in Contemporary Language) But who was responsible for such order? Paul said that “God compounded,” or “organized,” the congregation.—1 Corinthians 12:24; The Riverside New Testament.
However, appointed overseers in the Christian congregation were not masters over fellow believers. Rather, they were “fellow workers” who followed the direction of God’s spirit, and they were expected to be “examples to the flock.” (2 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Peter 5:2, 3) It is the resurrected Jesus Christ, not a mere human or a group of imperfect men, who serves as the “head of the congregation.”—Ephesians 5:23.