The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 86 : The Giving of Gifted Men to Christ’s Churches: Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers  (4:11)

The word ‘evangelist’ defined  –  DIFFICULT TO DEFINE PRECISELY; PROBABLY AN EVOLVING DEFINITION  –  ONLY USED THREE TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT  –  while we confine ‘evangelism’ to the lost only, in the NT this is NOT JUST A MINISTRY FOR THE UNBELIEVERS  –  COULD BE CONSIDERED SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES  –  COMPARABLE TO OUR MODERN MISSIONARIES?  –  The words ‘pastors’ and ‘teachers’ defined  –  ‘pastor’ means ‘shepherd’  –  WHILE THERE IS AN ‘OFFICIAL ROLE OF TEACHING’, ALL BELIEVERS ARE TO BE TEACHING  –  IS THIS TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE FULFILLING SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ROLES, OR ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE EXERCISING TWO ROLES?  –  WHILE ALL PASTORS SHOULD BE TEACHERS, NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE PASTORS