Written by
Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Anyone blessed
with and called into the fivefold ministry is a Minister of God and has divine
capacity to bring God’s healing to the nations and peoples of the world by the
help of the Holy Spirit. The fivefold ministry which constitute the leadership
gifts of the Church are divinely designed by God to provide leadership and
direction by His Spirit. The fivefold ministry includes Apostle, Prophet,
Teacher, Pastor and Evangelist.
An Apostle is a person with special ability to provide authoritative leadership to several Churches; they are also pioneers who plant Churches everywhere there is a need for a Church. An Apostle is always moving forward, gives direction, is highly mobile, and plants churches to hand over to pastors. They go planting Churches and providing leadership; they are not satisfied with one Church, they provide leadership and direction to a cluster of Churches. The Apostle Paul is a good example. He not only planted several Churches, he also trained competent people to lead the Churches and in the process peoples and nations were saved and healed from the oppression of the enemy. You can deploy your apostolic gift for the healing of the nations who are in dire need of the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ but are living in denial because the enemy has so blinded them.
Prophet is a
ministry gift. A prophet is a person with supernatural ability to interpret the
word of God into a current situation in the Church and the nations. A prophet
brings solutions, edifies, corrects and strengthens the Church and the nations
with the word of God. The New Testament Prophet interprets the Scriptures. The
Church cannot survive without the ministry gift of the Prophet. Please see 1st
Samuel Chapter 9 verse 9. The New Testament Prophet is actually a person who
understands the Scripture more than anyone; interprets the Scriptures in the
light of the present situation to edify, correct, educate and rebuke the
Church. God does not always give messages of doom but when He does, it is for
you to do something about the situation. Moses prayed about God’s judgment on
the Israelites. Please see 1st Corinthians Chapter 12.
The Old Testament Prophet spoke the mind of God and
only spoke when God speaks to them. But the New Testament Prophet is different.
God has spoken to His Church through the Scriptures. A Prophet must prophesy
but the manifestation gift of prophecy can come upon anyone. Prophets are happy
when they hear from God.
A teacher is
someone who teaches to the understanding of the people.
An evangelist presents the gospel in a way that
makes it easy for people to understand the gospel. An Evangelist has the
ability to evangelize, equip the Church to evangelize, presents the gospel in a
winsome way. An Evangelist is always in search of lost souls to bring into the
kingdom of God. Everything an Evangelist does is often about soul winning, and
this is really strategic to healing the nations. This is because salvation is a
total package that brings healing and deliverance in every area of life to the
nations.
Beloved, are you an Evangelist? Receive fresh
unction to evangelize the nations, especially the nations in the 10/40 window
and bring God’s grace and healing to the nations.
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