GIFTS COMPARED
Ephesians 4:11

EVANGELIST

Evangelist Grk. angelos meaning a messenger of “good news” meaning Grk. evangelion(Acts 21:8; Eph.4:11; I Tim. 4:5)

Service Primarily Itinerant (Acts 8:26; 8:40; 20:31; 21:8)

Ministry to Unbelievers (Acts 8:27; 8:40; 8:5)

Message: “Good News” (Acts 8:5, 12; 8:35)

Results: Conversions (Acts 8:6, 12, 37)

Methods: Where unbelievers are… city to city; house to house; person to person(Acts 3:40; 4:2; 4:4, 12, 19-20, 33; 5:12)

“Equipping the saints for the work of ministry in witnessing”(Eph. 4:11-13)

 

PASTOR

Pastor Grk. poimen meaning one who tends the flock  shepherd (elder, bishop) (I Pet. 5:1-2)

Service Primarily Local (Acts 14:32; 15:2,4,6,22-23, 20:17-18; Titus 1:5)

Ministry to the Saved (Acts 20:7f)

Message: “Whole Counsel of God”(Acts 20:27)

Results: Growth in spiritual Life(Acts 14:22; 15:32;15:41)

Methods: Where believers are…public(Acts 3:46; 5:42); homes(Acts 1:13-14; 2:42-44; 3:46; 4:23-31; 5:42;12:5)

“Equipping the saints for the work of ministry in tending sheep”(Eph.4:11-13)

 

 


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