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by mytwocents on June 19th, 2006

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What exactly is "five fold" ministry?

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  • by kaddiysh on December 7th, 2006

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    The Five-Fold Ministry is taken from the book of Ephesians in the Bible.

    The Bible says, "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" (Eph 4:11, 12)

    True Bible Christianity is NOT a religion or just a way of life, it is nothing less than the re-institution of the Kingdom of God in the earth!

    A kingdom is a type of government and the Kingdom of God is no different in this respect.

    Five-fold Ministers are people who are called to help administrate the Government of God in the earth. They are Born Again Christians who are empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve the rest of the Body of Christ in various capacities.

    Each of the five offices is characterized by a particular word which symbolizes the primary function of that office.

    For instance, The Pastor's Office is characterized by the word, "Guard" because his chief function is to protect and nurture the sheep (believers) as they develope a more intimate fellowship with God.

    The Evangelist's Office is characterized by the word, "Go" as this is what Evangelists generally do. They are the ones who primarily go into all the world and preach the Gospel for the salvation of men.

    The word that characterizes The Teacher is, "Grow" as his main function is to feed the believers with spiritual food for spiritual growth.

    Next we have The Prophet whose word is, "Guide" as his primary function is to offer guidance to the body of Christ through the inspiration and direction of the Holy Ghost.

    Finally, The Apostle is characterized by the word, "Govern" because they are enabled with divine authority to provide general oversight to the other ministers.

    Now, having said this we must understand that the basic activity of ALL Five-fold Ministers is to preach and/or teach the word of God, but each one will do so in their own characteristic way because of the special grace given to them by God for service to the Body of Christ and to humaity as a whole.

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  • by aiar on March 18th, 2010

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    It's placed between the 4 and 6 fold ministries - Duh!

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