an evangelist (V). This will ensure that the church continues to grow. The rest of the elders will be pastor/teachers (P). They will ensure that new Christians are discipled and grow spiritually, leaving there old lives behind. There should be one of each of these three ministries in every church. There will be more pastor/teachers than evangelists and prophets. A balanced leadership will ensure that the church has the correct balance between evangelism, nurture and discipleship. In the New Testament, teaching was done within a teacher/disciple or shepherding relationship, not by giving lectures. So pastor and teacher are not different ministries, but different ways of looking at the same ministry.  Paul says that elders who teach are worthy of double honour (1 Tim 5:17). The elders to whom Paul is referring are pastor/teachers. The other elders are prophets and evangelists. Moving into an ascension ministry is not a "great" or "heavy "thing.  An Evangelist is a Christian who loves to reach the lost.  A prophet is just a person who has a passion for truth and righteousness.   A pastor is a Christian who loves to see people restored and nurtured.   The church has made these ministries so "big"  that only few can enter them.   This has robbed the church.   Most believers should be able to enter into one of these ministries. The Role of the ascension ministries is fully described in a new book from Kingwatch Books.  It also explains how they work together as elders . The elders would