Barnabas was the same type of apostle as Paul. The only place where he is referred to as an apostle is in Luke 14 where it says:
Luke 14:14 “But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul....” and
Luke 14:4 "But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles" (referring to Paul and Barnabas).
His apostleship is directly equated with that of Paul's. He is not given an inferior distinction. In fact he is listed first in v14. So if Barnabas was an apostle (and it seems he was) then he is the same type of apostle as Paul.
Barnabas was not commissioned by the church or an apostle, he was commissioned by God:
Acts 13:2 "the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Just because he was less prominent than the others doesn't mean he was a lesser type of apostle. Thaddeus, Bartholomew, Simon, and Matthias were also low key apostles.
As I said there is nowhere in scripture where the word 'apostle' is used to describe a congregational apostle or church planter. It is always refers to a special, divinely commissioned, eye-witness of Christ's resurrection, apostle.
Dividing up apostles into 2 different types is a typical pentecostal/charismatic ploy to avoid the difficulties posed in scripture. The same goes with their invention of different types of prophet (the OT type, the foundational NT type, the congregational type); and their invention of different types of tongues (foreign languages, heavenly language, the gift of tongues, the sign of tongues, tongues from God, tongues to God, etc). When one of their gifts doesn't fit with scripture it is explained away with..."Oh, that is a different type".
Despite your boasting about all the resources you own, you obviously haven't done your homework on this. You might want to see the BDAG Lexicon entry for the Greek word apostolos:
BDAG Lexicon - apostolos
ἀπόστολος, ου, ὁ (s. ἀποστέλλω).
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① of messengers without extraordinary status delegate, envoy, messenger (opp. ὁ πέμψας) J 13:16. Of Epaphroditus, messenger of the Philippians Phil 2:25.—2 Cor 8:23.
② of messengers with extraordinary status, esp. of God’s messenger, envoy (cp. Epict. 3, 22, 23 of Cynic wise men: ἄγγελος ἀπὸ τ. Διὸς ἀπέσταλται).
ⓐ of prophets Lk 11:49; Rv 18:20; cp. 2:2; Eph 3:5.
ⓑ of Christ (w. ἀρχιερεύς) Hb 3:1 (cp. ApcEsdr 2:1 p. 25, 29 T.; Just., A I, 12, 9; the extra-Christian firman Sb 7240, 4f οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ θεὸς μόνος. Μααμετ ἀπόστολος θεοῦ). GWetter, ‘D. Sohn Gottes’ 1916, 26ff.
ⓒ but predominately in the NT (of the apologists, only Just.) of a group of highly honored believers w. a special function as God’s envoys. Also Judaism had a figure known as apostle (שָׁלִיחַ; Schürer III 124f w. sources and lit.; Billerb. III 1926, 2–4; JTruron, Theology 51, ’48, 166–70; 341–43; GDix, ibid. 249–56; 385f; JBühner, art. ἄ. in EDNT I 142–46). In Christian circles, at first ἀ. denoted one who proclaimed the gospel, and was not strictly limited: Paul freq. calls himself an ἀ.: Ro 1:1; 11:13; 1 Cor 1:1; 9:1f; 15:9; 2 Cor 1:1; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 1 Ti 1:1; 2:7; 2 Ti 1:1; Tit 1:1.—1 Cl 47:1. Of Barnabas Ac 14:14; 15:2. Of Andronicus and Junia (less prob. Junias, s. Ἰουνία) Ro 16:7. Of James, the Lord’s brother Gal 1:19. Of Peter 1 Pt 1:1; 2 Pt 1:1. Then esp. of the 12 apostles οἱ δώδεκα ἀ. (cp. ParJer 9:20; AscIs 3:21; 4:3) Mt 10:2; Mk 3:14; Lk 22:14 (v.l. οἱ δώδεκα); cp. 6:13; 9:10; 17:5; Ac 1:26 (P-HMenoud, RHPR 37 ’57, 71–80); Rv 21:14; PtK 3 p. 15, 18. Peter and the apostles Ac 2:37; 5:29. Paul and apostles Pol 9:1 (cp. AcPlTh Aa I, 235 app. of Thecla). Gener. the apostles Mk 6:30; Lk 24:10; 1 Cor 4:9; 9:5; 15:7; 2 Cor 11:13; 1 Th 2:7; Ac 1:2; 2:42f; 4:33, 35, 37; 5:2,12, 18, 34 v.l., 40; 6:6; 8:1, 14, 18; 9:27; 11:1; 14:4; 2 Pt 3:2; Jd 17; IEph 11:2; IMg 7:1; 13:2; ITr 2:2; 3:1; 7:1; IPhld 5:1; ISm 8:1; D ins; 11:3, 6. As a governing board, w. the elders Ac 15:2, 4, 6, 22f; 16:4. As possessors of the most important spiritual gift 1 Cor 12:28f.Proclaimers of the gospel 1 Cl 42:1f; B 5:9; Hs 9, 17, 1. Prophesying strife 1 Cl 44:1. Working miracles 2 Cor 12:12. W. overseers, teachers and attendants Hv 3, 5, 1; Hs 9, 15, 4; w. teachers Hs 9, 25, 2; w. teachers, preaching to those who had fallen asleep Hs 9, 16, 5; w. var. Christian officials IMg 6:1; w. prophets Eph 2:20; D 11:3; Pol 6:3. Christ and the apostles as the foundation of the church IMg 13:1; ITr 12; 2; cp. Eph 2:20. οἱ ἀ. and ἡ ἐκκλησία w. the three patriarchs and the prophets IPhld 9:1. The Holy Scriptures named w. the ap. 2 Cl 14:2 (sim. ApcSed 14:10 p. 136, 17 Ja.). Paul ironically refers to his opponents (or the original apostles; s. s.v. ὑπερλίαν) as οἱ ὑπερλίαν ἀ. the super-apostles 2 Cor 11:5; 12:11. The orig. apostles he calls οἱ πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀ. Gal 1:17; ...
As you can see the word has two meaning. One is a general messenger (translated delegate, envoy, messenger - not apostle); the other is a special divinely commissioned messenger (translated apostle) ie the twelve, Paul, Barnabas etc.
The only places the first type is referred to is John 13:16, Phil 2:25 and 2 Cor 8:23 and virtually all bible versions translate these verses as 'messenger' or 'representative'. All other references to apostolos (including 1 Cor 12:28) are referring to the 2nd type ie the 1st century divinely commissioned apostles.
But that doesn't mean 1 Corinthians was addressed to the worldwide church does it?
Well, now that we have established that no commentary says 1 Corinthians was addressed to the worldwide church, perhaps you could answer my original question. Is there a single commentary that claims 1 Cor 1:7-8 is saying all spiritual gifts would continue throughout the church age until the Lord's return?
I will ignore your closing insult.