The Fivefold Ministry GiftsYes, he could have prayed the prayer of faith—any one of us
ministers standing there that night could have prayed the prayer
of faith and laid hands on the child. The laying on of hands
belongs to all believers according to Mark 16:17,18.
But what was Brother Carter recognizing? He was
recognizing that in the ministry some of us are anointed to do
one thing and some are anointed to do another, and if we'll excel
where our anointing is, we'll be a greater blessing to the Body of
Christ.
No one is going to do it all. We need each other. I praise
God for every ministry called of God and anointed with the Holy
Spirit.
The Offices o f Evangelist and Exhorter
Actually, the healing ministry—the gifts o f healings (1 Cor.
12:28)—should go with the office of the evangelist.
The Word of God also talks about the office of the exhorter
(Rom. 12:8). We usually think of exhortation as being part of all
these other offices, but there is a specific office of exhorter.
Those whom we call "evangelists" often are exhorters (I
know it would hurt their feelings to tell them that).
The word "evangelist," however, is used only three times in
the New Testament: (1) "Philip the evangelist" is spoken of in
Acts 21:8; (2) the gift "evangelist" is listed in Ephesians 4:11;
(3) and Paul told Timothy to do "the work of an evangelist" in
Second Timothy 4:5.
Philip, then, is the only model other than Jesus that we have
for an evangelist.
In the early days of the Church, we see that Philip went
down to Samaria and preached with great miracles resulting. At
that time, however, as we will study in Chapter 8, Philip was
still a deacon.
ACTS 8:5-7
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached