Some say there’s a Church revolution underway that’s making the Church as we know it obsolete. They say Bible studies and house groups are going to become the Church of the future. They say that believers can grow spiritually and experience more of God without ever stepping foot inside a local church. They even say that not going to church is “healthy.”
Five fold ministry and how to relate to your apostle.The relationships between apostles and other five-fold ministry ascension gifts in a local church are important. An apostle in a local apostolic church is one that is called and sent by the Holy Spirit to pioneer a local assembly in a particular territory (Galatians 1:1).
We read in Christian media remarkable feats of great evangelists who are “taking nations” and “impacting the world for Christ.” Images of the masses tightly crowded together in stadiums waiting for God’s man of faith and power are transmitted.
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.
Five fold ministry are fundamental in Apostolic protocols. Apostolic churches consist of a set man, presbytery (consisting of various five-fold ministry gifts), staff, department leaders, and various ministry teams. These interact through relationships and ministry protocols established by the wisdom of the leadership and ratification of the apostle.
New seasons and transitioning into the apostolic. There is an apostolic model of ministry Christ designed that builds a governing church the gates of hell can not prevail against. Every great change in life has its season. Before transitioning there is a process of seeking God, and studying Gods model. He has brought you up for such a time as this.
Apostolic ministry is passed on through times of training and mentoring. A strong anointing is obvious in your life and it’s time for you to be sent out into that great harvest field. Oh, happy day! It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. This is what you have been waiting for all these years. So with great joy and fervent zeal you run toward your high calling to fulfill what you know in your heart is God’s plan for your life and ministry.
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.
Should you have 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.
