3. 11 And He Himself gave some to be
apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, and some pastors and
teachers, 12 for the equipping of the
saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we
all come to the unity of the faith and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, to a
perfect man, to the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ;
4. 14 that we should no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the trickery
of men, in the cunning craftiness of
deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the
truth in love, may grow up in all things
into Him who is the head—Christ—
5. 16 from whom the whole body, joined and
knit together by what every joint
supplies, according to the effective
working by which every part does its
share, causes growth of the body for the
edifying of itself in love.
8. A. Equipping for the work of
the ministry.
B. Edifying the body of Christ.
C. Spiritual maturing.
D. Everyone doing their share,
using their gifts.
E. Causes growth for edifying
in LOVE.
9. εὐαγγελιστάς (euangelistas)
eu (good) angel (messenger).
Messenger of the Good News
(Gospel).
Everyone is called to be a
witness, but the evangelist is
especially gifted at soul winning.
10. Literally means “shepherd”-
one gifted to care for total well-
being of a church/flock.
Small group leaders operate in
this gifting.
11. Builds the body of Christ but
also assimilates new people to
win the lost to Christ.
D. We need you to use your
gifting to have small group
fellowship and large group
worship.
13. 1 Cor. 7:7, 32
Remaining single to devote life
to godly focus without undue
temptation.
Focus can be any or all three of
the purposes.
14. I Cor. 13:3.
Voluntary passion to give up all
possessions for poor.
Can fulfill all three purposes.
15. I Cor. 13:3.
Willing and able to risk and
give up physical life for sake of
the Gospel.
Usually associated with winning
the lost.
16. I Peter 4:9-10.
Literally “loving strangers”.
Gifted to make people feel
welcome and give care.
Essential to assimilating new
people into the body.
17. Intercession is not listed in any
of the 4 lists. However, there is
precedence for considering it as
a gift based on other Scriptures.
I Timothy 2:1, Col. 4:12.
18. Everyone is called to pray, but
some people are regularly able
to intensely pray for long
periods.
We need those people helping
to fight the good fight behind the
scenes.