Ephesians 4:11-13 (NLT)

Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

The fivefold ministry gifts is given by Jesus to the Church for the purpose of equipping the Body of Christ for the work of ministry. The fivefold ministry is gifted people given to the church to aid and assist in its spiritual growth.