Evangelism is pivotal to the five-fold gifting because without it, the others don't work. Old Testament prophets spoke of what was to come - to get people ready for Jesus. Jesus did the work and now modern-day prophecy is used to help people get closer to Jesus. The Gospel is key - without it, the apostles wouldn't have had Christ and we wouldn't be here. Just like a pastor can't be a pastor without sheep to follow him, we can't teach about something we don't know, so we must study the Gospel in order to do our jobs to spread it. The result is not our responsibility, only to go and spread the Good News that changes lives! The woman at the well in John 4 came as a worldly woman and left as an evangelist, sharing what she had seen with her neighbors and the whole town believed. It's important to remember that we are the advertising for Jesus: we are the example of Him people will see, so we must represent Him well. He's given us the tools - Scripture and our testimony - that we need to show Him to the world and share what He has done for us. We need to focus on the Word first and then look outward for new people to bring in - the harvest. It is okay to say you don't know all the answers! If we focus on one person at a time, plant, and water, God will bring the growth in the proper season.

Amen!

Reference verses: Ephesians 4:11; John 4:4-42