In an age of individuation that moves towards defining oneself away from church culture, the New Testament model is to define and understand oneself as a New Creation in the context of the Body of Christ. This is revolutionary and causes us to journey towards a clearer view of the apostolic family.

In Acts 22, we see how Paul was told directly by Jesus that he would be “told all that you have been assigned to do.” What a fabulous reality! God assigns to us each a task in the church. Our job is to find out what that job is and how it fits our personality and type! God works with our passion and builds into us with His vision of what the glorious church should look like by using us! Each of us wakes up in the morning with things on our hearts. We are all passionate about something because He made us passionate! This inclination or ministry preference is grown in you through a relationship with the local body of Christ. It is then sustained and upheld by an ongoing desire to see fruit in each area. Grace is then supplied to us through authentic fellowship, the study of the Word, a lifestyle of intimacy with prayer and worship and a deep love for the Lord. 

Maria proposes that we have three spheres of influence: one is the covert job of doing your work or career plus being a family person or being married etc. The next sphere is the covert sphere of influence, where we are called to do things only God knows about. 

Thirdly, our most significant sphere of influence will be made known to us as we discover which of the five quadrants of the 5-fold we are called to. Are you passionate about people, hearing the Father's voice, reaching the lost, explaining the truth or going out to expand the Kingdom? We are influencers with much to give and an excellent assignment to do.