Equipping the Equippers: Handbook for Raising Up Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & Teachers

If we are going to build with care, as Paul admonishes the Corinthians, we must build on the foundation of Jesus (the Apostle) and the other apostles. So everything that the modern church does must be built on an apostolic foundation. If we continue building on the pastoral foundation that tradition has handed us, that foundation could be seriously

As a Christian, you have been smeared with the presence of the Holy Spirit. The word “anoint” means “to smear,” so to be “anointed” is to have “been smeared” (past tense), and the “anointing” of the Holy Spirit is the “smearing” of the Holy Spirit.

They are like five farmers producing five different crops, but when they are all operating, the five harvests are the ingredients that combine into the perfect “nutrition” for sustaining the church. The Christlikeness that we desire to see in the church—and that the world is waiting for from the church—cannot be grown, harvested, and produced if we

If we can’t recognize unique graces on people’s lives, then we will be lacking because of our inability to receive. Again, this is why it can be so helpful to actually use the titles of these five graces when introducing a fivefold minister. It helps others know how to receive the grace that is on their life.

If a church is built on the apostolic model, then we will see issues being confronted and dealt with much more assertively because the comfort of the sheep is not the main concern.

The goal of the fivefold graces is to get every member of the body activated in caring for their metrons, so that the influence of the kingdom covers the whole world, until our metrons fully match the metron of Jesus.

In many ways, an apostle is like a good father. A good father guides, instructs, affirms, provides, and backs you up. He does not control you, manipulate you, lord his authority over you, or only claim that you are his kid when it makes him look good, while refusing to answer your calls when you need him. Many modern “apostles” are more like the ba

The Old Testament tells us a lot more about anointing than the New Testament does. Kings, prophets, and priests were all anointed in the Old Testament. The anointing did not come and go. It was applied and remained. Even in the case of evil King Saul, David recognized him as the Lord’s “anointed” long after God had rejected him as the chosen king.

although in Christ, we are all equal, in grace we are not all equal. I am not speaking of saving grace, which is poured out equally to all (Titus 2:11); I am speaking of the empowering grace for fivefold leadership. This is a unique measure of grace that is given specifically for you to minister to your metron. (You do not have grace to operate out