PARTNERING 5 FOLD MINISTERS IN MARKET PLACE

zoe ministries

GL Garden 01-21-02, Solok Paya Terubong 8, 11060 Penang, Malaysia

House Phone: 604-8277554 Hand Phone: 60165318276.

Email: cvs3zoe@yahoo.com

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,



Partnering 5 fold Ministers in Marketplace Ministry

Ephesians 4:11-16 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.



1 Peter 5:1-4 (NKJV) The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.



I believe it is time we recognize [not in the sense of giving them name tags or titles] the 5 fold ministers and receive their ministry by giving them the freedom to function in the marketplace. In the past either they are not recognized or if they are recognized they are controlled by one ministry in the context of the established church.



1] Fivefold ministers need to follow the example of Jesus –most of the time Jesus was found in the marketplace moving from city to city and village to village teaching and preaching and healing and delivering people.



Matthew 9:35-38 (NKJV) 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”



2] Fivefold ministers need to do the discipling as they go out doing their business.

A] Discipling begins before a person commits his or her life to Jesus.

B] We disciple a community until they become a community of Christ and continue and mature in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.



A] They have the authority to baptize.

B] They have the authority to teach and train their community in the marketplace.



3] Fivefold ministers must shepherd their community [marketplace]. [Check out the analogy God used in the OT and Jesus used in the NT]. How shepherds lead and care for their flock?



4] Fivefold ministers must serve as overseers [Bishop] over their community [marketplace].

This is the same word used for a foreman [who oversees] working in a construction site. What does this means?

A] Fivefold minister as overseer sees to it that his community is build according to the blue print of God.

B] Fivefold minister as overseer sees that there is no laziness among the community [sees that all are functioning in the marketplace –doing their God given task with compassion and excellence ]

C] Fivefold minister as overseer sees that there is no mixture [a mixture of the world and the Word / corruption]



Please pray for this to be a reality.



In His Majesty’s Service

Christopher.k

2/12/2010