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

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

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

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.

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

Grace is given not only based on calling and metron, but also based on humility. Some are humble and receive more grace; some are arrogant and lose what they have:

Being a fivefold leader means that you are signing up to suffer, not to be praised.

Honoring the grace we see on someone’s life is how we receive the benefit of their grace into our own life. If we can recognize what grace and metron someone is walking in, then we can receive them properly and receive from them: Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a ri

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.

the purpose of five-fold ministry is, in fact, to help us become like Jesus.