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Posts that discuss the advance of the Kingdom.
And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ. Eph. 4:11-12 In my first post for this series I discussed the emergence of the “five-fold ministry” doctrine with the intent of examining the validity of the...
And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ. Eph. 4:11-12 Much has been written over the last 2000 years concerning what has come to be called the “Five-Fold Ministry.” According to Frank Viola the modern iteration...
Traditionally when Eph. 4 is taught the focus is on dissecting the definitions of apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers. These definitions are important and need to be accurately clarified to move the kingdom forward. But regardless of the expression of grace being employed, the function of each is to “equip” the saints for works of service with a view towards the...
In the flurry of activity and communication attempting to define the apostolic the focus generally tends to be on certain aspects such as the grace to lead, establish, set in order, or demonstrate the power of the Spirit: all of which are legitimate characteristics. But at the core of the apostolic grace and commission is something much more simple, profound and divine. Consider the following...
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