The Ministry Anointing of the Apostle

Apostolic Authority

order in the local church. The pastor does not necessarily need to call in an apostle to set the church in order. However, the church will not be perfected through the ministry of the pastor alone. It takes all five ministries to perfect the church. I also believe that many pastors who start and establish churches are either apostles or have ministered to some degree in apostolic anointing. Many would not call themselves an Apostle because of fear and tradition, but many have nonetheless operated in that anointing. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 1 Timothy 2:7 The apostolic office is released through preaching and teaching. Paul was an apostle sent to the Gentiles to preach the gospel and teach truth. Apostles are sent to preach the gospel. They are often sent into new areas to pioneer new works through preaching and teaching. New churches are birthed and established through their preaching and teaching. Some apostles can start more new churches by accident than most people can start by trying. This is because of God's grace and His anointing. Everywhere Paul went and ministered, churches sprang up around his preaching and teaching. Recently, the Lord impressed upon me the importance of new churches. New churches are needed to reach every new generation. This is one reason why apostles are needed— to help birth and establish new churches to reach the next generation. New churches are also carriers of the present truth being released by the Holy Ghost into the Body of Christ.

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