The Five Fold Ministry of the Body of Christ

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Summary:

The five fold ministry of Christ was to bring forth the Body of Christ into a maturity, into the fullness of Christ in the earth. These gift ministries are not a position but a commission to servitude to the Body of Christ just as their Lord and Master came to serve the Father's will in the earth.

Quotes:

• There's a lot of people out there today that say we don't need apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. But the problem is we do.

• We need these apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, they all serve a purpose.

• The whole point of apostles and prophets is to build up the body. And basically they're servants.

• ...as we go on into this kingdom manifestation within His body, there will be many apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, but you won't even know who they are.

• There will be no identifiable positions in the kingdom .

• The flow of the family, the flow of the body, is going to be for the building up of the body of Christ, not the identifying of certain ministries.

• An apostolic ministry was sent .

• ...the ministry of an apostolic ministry is to build up, to minister to, to shepherd the flock.

• A prophet has a shepherd's heart.

• Evangelist, he works within the body, within the church, as an encouragement.

• The shepherd leads...