Every home is made up of individuals.  If a single person is living on their own, they may be the home all by themselves. In these cases, it is especially important for the single person to look to the elders of the local church for balance and counsel.  

In the home, the husband acts as elder and the wife as deacon.  Together, they govern the home by God's process.  God leads. they acknowledge Him.  His faith comes.  His grace does His work through them as they yield.  God plants good seed in their hearts and in the hearts of the children, and this results in a change in what they are.  The change has two parts: holiness and redemption.

We all need to discern and see the Body of Christ.  We see all the gifts, ministries, offices, and orders of the Church.  We also can discern and recognize the false.   When we see Him as He is, we become like Him.  He is a many-membered Body on Earth walking in submission the the Head in Heaven.