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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; until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of...
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...
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...
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