The Five-fold Ministers in Church Multiplication
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2016-03-04

The Five-fold Ministers in Church Multiplication (improved)
A biblical interpretation
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The New Testament describes five kinds of workers who lead Christian churches to grow in numbers and in quality.

The ascended Christ “gave(*) some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ…” Epistle to the Ephesians 4:11, NET Bible (2006)
(*)Greek timeless aorist tense, may be translated ‘gives’.

APOSTLES make new disciples and start new churches in regions and communities that have none.

PROPHETS proclaim the truth about the Most High, his laws and his grace, where folk are ignorant.

EVANGELISTS recount the life, death and resurrection of Jesus to willing seekers who need to repent.

PASTORS provide wise leadership and compassionate care within communities of Jesus’ followers..

TEACHERS help Jesus’ followers make needed change in their life, in obedience to Jesus’ commandments.

Roughly a fifth of believers has an apostolic gift, another fifth a prophetic gift, one fifth an evangelistic gift, a fifth a pastoral gift, and a final fifth a teaching gift. 
Thus, your church has all the resources it requires to make disciples and to start new churches.