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VALUING, RECOGNIZING, EQUIPPING, & RELEASING THE 5-FOLD LEADERSHIP CHRIST HIMSELF HAS GIVEN

We Recognize the Leadership Jesus Christ Himself Has Established

We deeply value and believe in the biblical leadership that Jesus Christ Himself has given to His Body. Leadership in the Church is not about a title—however, it is about the call, grace, gift, and function that Christ Himself has placed on a leader's life. It is Jesus who assigns these roles, and the New Testament Church fully recognized them by name and function. Even the individuals would introduce themselves to the body with the fivefold function they were called in by Jesus Christ Himself, so that the body could recognize how to receive and be equipped by that leader. We see this clearly in Paul and others in the New Testament. So do we!

Jesus Himself set leadership in order for the Body of Christ. He called them by name—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—not as empty titles, but as divinely ordained functions for equipping and maturing the saints. We do not let past abuses of titles or authoritarian leadership cause us to immaturely reject what Jesus Himself established. That is just as much an unbiblical error as the abuse of titles has been.

If the Body of Christ refuses to acknowledge and recognize the functions of leadership by name, then two serious problems arise:

1. The Church does not know how to receive from those whom Christ has given for its equipping.
2. Leaders themselves cannot be equipped to walk fully in their God-given function.

We are a people of healthy and mature fivefold leaders who recognize, equip, train, release, send, and support other fivefold leaders in their individual callings from Christ Himself.

This is not about status. This is about the grace and function Christ has given to equip the saints for the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:11-16). To reject what Jesus has set in order is not humility—it is error. We refuse to allow past abuses or unhealthy leadership structures to lead us into an equally unbiblical reaction that throws out the recognition and equipping of true biblical leadership.

We honor what Jesus honors. We establish what He has established. We equip whom He has called.

For those who currently believe that the fivefold gifts have passed away (or any of them) and are no longer in function, I want to make one thing clear: there is not a single Bible verse to support that man-made idea. It is not founded in Scripture, nor does it have a biblical basis. If you believe that the function of a pastor or any other role still exists today, then, based on Scripture, you must also believe in the full fivefold ministry—the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher. We are not called to follow unbiblical, man-made ideas; every belief—whether for or against—must be supported by actual Scripture. How you can know this is false is simple: you won’t be able to find or list a single Bible verse that actually supports this man-made idea, because it truly is a man-made concept, not something derived from the Bible. The Scriptures make no such claim, and there is no biblical foundation for it. This mindset is simply a misinterpretation, rooted in immaturity and ignorance of Scripture.

Do you truly think your own idea of leadership is better than the biblical leadership that our Lord Jesus Christ Himself established by name?

Jesus was not ashamed to name the functions of His leadership for the Body's equipping, and neither should we be ashamed of His perfect leadership by name.

Biblical Support for Fivefold Leadership

• Ephesians 4:11-16 – “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ…”
• Romans 1:1 – “Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:28 – “And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers…”
• Galatians 1:1 – “Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead).”
• 2 Timothy 1:11 (NIV) – “And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.”

To let the abuses of false apostles, title-seekers, and authoritarian leaders cause us to reject or ignore the true functions of leadership that JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF has given to His Body is GRAVE unbiblical error!

The fivefold ministry—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers—was not man's idea; it was Jesus' own divine order to equip and mature His people. These are not titles to be sought but functions given by Christ for the growth and establishment of His Church. But they are to be recognized by the Spirit of God in truly called leaders—to equip, train, mature, and also recognize others for the sake of receiving equipping from them.

To reject these gifts because of past abuses is just as harmful and unbiblical as the abuses themselves! The enemy would love nothing more than for the Church to throw out what Jesus gave because of the errors of men.

Jesus Himself established these roles by name. The early Church recognized them. Paul introduced himself and others by function—not for status, but so the Body of Christ could recognize and receive from them accordingly. The same holds true today!

If the Body does not acknowledge the leadership Jesus has given, two things happen:

The Church does not know how to receive from those Christ has sent to equip them.
Leaders cannot be equipped, trained, and released to fulfill their Christ-given function.

We do not let past abuses define how we follow Jesus or how we refuse to acknowledge the function of the fivefold leaders He Himself has given, not us. We don’t have the right to refute the naming and function Jesus, as Lord, has given to the Body for our equipping. We honor what He honors. We name what He names. We establish what He establishes. To do anything less is grave, immature error of the opposite and unbiblical extreme. Time to mature leaders and the Body of Christ in this process of reformation back to His original and true New Testament design.

While we correct abuses and those who seek only titles, we DO NOT let past abuses or personal offenses fight against the named functions Jesus has already given and will continue to give to new and true emerging leaders. Paul, for example, was never shy or ashamed of introducing his function to the people—not in an immature, prideful, or title-seeking way, but in a mature confidence and wholeness in Christ.

Feeling like we have to say "apostolic" and not "apostle," "prophetic voice" and not "prophet," "evangelistic" and not "evangelist," or "leader" and not "pastor/shepherd" is simply silly semantics, and unbiblical immaturity. It is just being unnecessarily weird and strange in a way that we see no where in the examples of scripture. It was never our job to prevent people from being offended by the leadership Jesus Himself has given to the Body of Christ for our equipping! We don’t protect people from offense in His ways; we shepherd them through their offenses from past abuses into what maturity and healthiness look like! We don’t need to adopt a false sense of humility about what Jesus Himself has established in naming leaders. Paul did not. He was not immature, strange, title-seeking, prideful, or weird about it. However, the Body of Christ has now become so unbiblically strange and immature in the opposite extreme. This mindset is actually producing poor fruit and hindering the Body of Christ in its equipping for the work of ministry and the Great Commission.

To reject or refuse to acknowledge the function of individual leaders that Jesus has set in order is not humility—it is overcorrected error. We refuse to allow past abuses or unhealthy leadership structures to lead us into an equally unbiblical reaction that throws out the recognition and equipping of true biblical leadership.

These are five parts of Jesus Christ Himself, which He has called and established in current, emerging, and future leaders. He is not ashamed of this, and neither should we be. To shy away from acknowledging these functions is to disregard what Christ Himself has put in place for the equipping of His Body. And yes, it is also the true fivefold leaders' role to protect the Body of Christ from false leaders, immaturity, and false doctrines. But this is a correction and warning that the Body of Christ also needs. As the saying goes: 'Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater!'

"The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding." (Proverbs 4:7)

“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9)

“But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22)

“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.” (Revelation 2:2)

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

Recently, I attended a meeting in New Jersey during a powerful time of deliverance and inner healing, led by a trusted and mature international prophet of God. During this time, a woman stood up and shared her struggle with the fivefold language. She openly expressed, 'How do I handle the fivefold language, because honestly, I hate it.' It was clear that she had experienced deep hurt from past leadership, and the wounds from unhealthy fivefold leadership were causing her to react in a way that was painful for her. What she may not have fully realized, however, was that what she needed most was inner healing—perhaps even deliverance—and also a time of compassion and repentance. Acknowledging the hurt, unhealthiness, and abuses she’d experienced is important, but it’s equally essential to recognize how that pain, bitterness, and possibly even unforgiveness had caused her to reject the very leadership that Jesus Himself has established for the Body. Healing and reconciliation with Jesus' order are key to moving forward in His fullness.The context of this conversation was with one of the most loving, mature, and Holy Spirit-filled fivefold prophets I’ve ever encountered, yet the error here was that she had allowed her past pain and heartache to create bitterness toward the true, biblical, and healthy leadership that Jesus has established. This bitterness actually put up a spiritual barrier that she couldn’t even discern, one that was blocking her from the very healing and deliverance Jesus desired to do in her. In this process of reformation, we, as true biblical fivefold leaders, must address this with compassion, and the Holy Spirit, helping the Body heal from past wounds, while also holding fast to what is good—what true, biblical, and healthy leadership in Christ’s Body still looks like and how it functions. It's a delicate but vital task to bring healing, restore His order, and point people back to the true and loving leadership that Jesus has established.

A Call to Repentance and Healing

If you are one who has allowed the abuses of the past—the prideful title-seekers, the manipulation, or the wrong use of leadership—to cause you to despise the true fivefold ministry, I urge you, in the grace and love of Jesus, to allow Him to bring healing into your heart. It's understandable that past wounds may have led to deep hurt and disillusionment, but I also call you to repentance for how that hurt may have caused you to reject or even hate parts of Jesus Himself—the very functions He established for the equipping of His Body.

Do not let the sins and abuses of the past lead you into sin in the present. Let the healing of Jesus flow over your heart, and repent for any role you may have played in perpetuating division, disunity, or dishonoring the fivefold leadership Christ has established. Let go of bitterness, and come back into alignment with His perfect order.

Now is the time for the Church to mature, heal, and walk in the fullness of what Christ has called us to. The leadership Jesus has established is not for our approval—it is for the building up of His Body. It is time for repentance, healing, and reformation in this area, so that the fivefold ministry can function as Christ Himself has ordained it. Let’s walk forward in healthy maturity, clinging to what is good, and embracing what is truly Christ's.

Ministries and churches that cannot, in health and maturity, acknowledge the fivefold leadership biblically as Christ has established, are places where the Body of Christ cannot be equipped rightly, grow, and operate in maturity.