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What Is the Fivefold Ministry? A Baptist Look at Ephesians 4
Every once in a while, a Christian will hear someone talk about the “fivefold ministry.” Maybe it comes up in a sermon, a book, a podcast, or a conversation with someone from another church. Sometimes the claim is that the reason churches are struggling today is because we have abandoned the biblical fivefold model. The idea comes from Ephesians 4:11: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers” (Ephesians 4:11). Those are the five ministries…