BridgeWorks

The last of the gifts in this series we take a look at the passions of the teacher and how this gift can both build and seclude a church body in their maturing process. We find in this, that the gift of teacher is a necessity and for good reason.

A brief look at a familiar image, the Good Shepherd as embraced by people within the spiritual community. Often seen as a gentle nurturer, there is much more to the Shepherd and the strength that this gift brings to the entire Body.

More than just your street corner proclaimer - the evangelist brings a particular life to the body of Christ as the recruiters to the Good News of God! Often misunderstood, it is of great value to explore in this brief moment, some of the heart behind the evangelist and how this gift edifies the rest of the Body of Christ.

Using materials from Alan Hirsch as a guide this is a brief introduction of the nature and role of the prophetic gift as given by Christ to His church body.

Utilizing the work of Alan Hirsch, this is a brief description of the nature and pull of the apostolic gift. The purpose of these few minutes is to introduce one of the fivefold gifts given by Christ to His church body.

The APEST is hardly new. God designed creation to work through these specific traits all of which are first and perfectly demonstrated in Jesus. We begin our look at the gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher with Jesus, in hopes of laying a foundation for understanding how these same gifts are present in each of us in a very God-specific design.

An introduction to the five-fold gifts as identified in Ephesians 4:11. To be formed by Christ as a mature body that can serve, speak, and most importantly listen for God’s will, presence, and guidance, we have been given by Jesus Himself five gifts. These have been well studied but not well utilized by the church body - and thus unity seems more and more impossible today. Through Christ Jesus as our primary instructor, though, along with some help from theologians like Alan Hirsch (5Q) and Mark Sayers (Reappearing Church) we can begin to learn, recurve, and equip ourselves to be one as the Father, Son, and Spirit are One. This is the beginning of an exploratory series of the 5Q... the APEST.

Intro Music: Bethel, Without Words, "Angels." 2013