Protestant reformation continues through apostolic restoration and restructuring for effective ministry and Kingdom benefits. Old order churches, stuck in models that are no longer effective, will be challenged in the days ahead. That’s because the apostolic reformation is sweeping churches across the globe, demanding leaders take another look at their ministry models.
International evangelism is not like holding typical Sunday morning church services but is really like a Holy Spirit spiritual invasion with lots of spiritual warfare involved. In my experience, there are no salvations, miracles or healings without a spiritual fight. The man or woman of God needs to be ready for anything. You don’t get ready on the field, you arrive ready.
Apostles are spiritual fathers. You need a spiritual father in your life. Apostolic ministries have apostolic fathers. I came from a generation of preachers who grew up in ministry without the benefit of spiritual fathers. Like thousands of others, we had to get whatever we could through books, audios, videos, seminars, conferences and brief meetings with men of God hurried off platforms and away from the people.
God's model for effective ministry includes the five-fold ministry gifts. He's given a team of teachers known as the five-fold ascension gifts to accomplish His goal. Five fold ministry gifts release dynamics and benefits that will enrich your life.
Leviticus 18 speaks of kingdom culture. Demon spirits teach, write books and build schools. There was a time when Canaanite giants built a university city, the “City of Books,” to transmit their anti-Christ culture to the next generation.
New apostolic reformation is on the move. It seems to me that some churches are free-falling into ineffectiveness. Are we becoming prey to religious spirits? Have we become so inner-focused that we ignore the needs of those around us? If we don’t keep the Great Commission in the forefront of our ministries are we prime candidates for lukewarmness and apathy?
5 Fold Ministry. While we are renewing our minds, let us also renew our mission-mindedness with apostolic transitioning strategies. The apostolic reformation is posing many challenges to the Body of Christ. One of the most significant is the structural change that is necessary within the local church. Those structural changes tear down the one-man-only paradigm to build up every believer for the work of the ministry.
Apostolic definition comes from Apostle Paul's teachings in Ephesians 4:11 with some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and teachers.
Five-fold apostolic ministry is key to victory. The revelation about five-fold apostolic ministry came to me around 1996. Others may have received insight earlier, but that’s about the time the Holy Spirit began dealing with me. Over the last twenty years, many have taught various things about apostolic ministry, apostolic definition, and sadly, some promoted it like any other passing fad.