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.

All Christian leaders should be able to confidently (and humbly) say, “Read my life, follow my example, and imitate me. If you want to be like Jesus, be like me!” If you cannot say this about yourself to your followers, then you probably shouldn’t be leading.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.