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I want to talk to you about the power of the five-fold ministry.

And I have felt, and I think that many would agree,

that the apostles and prophets specifically as part of the five-fold ministry,

have been under attack in modern times, especially in the last 25 years.

We had a real rise in apostles and prophets,

and now there seems to be maybe a surge or siege against the five-fold ministry in general,

especially the apostles and prophets.

And there seems to be a lot of confusion.

I probably get, I don't know, maybe a third of the questions I get on my own social pages

has to do with the validity of apostles and prophets.

Are there still apostles and prophets today?

And what is the five full ministry?

And what benefit is there to having these people in our lives?

And I want to begin by telling you, like,

when I'm talking about apostles and prophets

and evangelists, pastors, and teachers,

I don't really care about the titles.

We don't need another title wave.

You don't need people to come out,

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