Re-thinking the 5-fold ministries

Re-thinking the 5-fold ministries

 

For an excellent exposition (exposé) of the "5-fold ministries" have a read of http://www.ptmin.org/fivefold.htm

 

Part of which says -

 

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  The ascension gifts are not offices which carry authority. Nor are they formal positions. The Greek text has no definite article connected with any of them in Ephesians 4 or anywhere else they are mentioned in the New Testament. And they are never used as titles or referred to as offices. They are merely people with peculiar “enabling” gifts designed to cultivate the ministries of their fellow brethren.

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