The 5 Ministries
“And he gave some,
apostles; and some,
prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some,
pastors and
teachers;”
Ephesians 4:11
All 5 ministries are to correct those in and out of the church. They correct in different ways.
The
Apostle’s doctrine now (
Acts 2:42;
Ephesians 3:5) corrects the church. Yes, Paul the Apostle came after the original twelve, showing the continuation of Apostles. Apostles build a church from the foundation,
1 Corinthians 3:9-11;
Romans 15:20. This building involves correcting world views.
Now the
Prophets prophesy to correct the church,
Ephesians 3:5.
The
Evangelists correct the lost people on this forum, cooper and mizpeh. I am a called by Jesus teacher; I very much dislike debating lost people. I would prefer to leave correcting the lost to the evangelists.
The
Pastors correct the flock. He/she chases after those who are wandering. He/she watches for immorality, etc. He/she acts as a dad or a mom.
The
Teachers correct all of the church, but he/she especially corrects those in the local church. He/she uses the original Biblical languages to prove doctrine if need be.
Sure, this is very basic. I have written an entire book on the subject.
In Jesus,
Brother Bruce