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By Tom Shanklin

“And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,” (Ephesians 4:11-12 NKJV)

God gave evangelists as a gift to the Church. In this message we look at God’s awesome plan for the ministry of the evangelist, and his or her relationship with other ministers and with the body of Christ. The evangelist’s ministry is vital to the plan of God in this hour. We must all learn how to cooperate with with the anointing and calling upon our life, whatever it is. And we also must learn how to cooperate with one another so that the Lord’s purposes will be accomplished in the earth.

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Here are some of the other scripture references from this message.

• 2 Timothy 4:5
• 1 Corinthians 2:2
• Acts 6:1-6
• Acts 8:5-40
• Acts 21:8-9

Here are some of the characteristics of Philip the evangelist which we discover from these passages of scripture:

• Philip was a part of a local church.
• He had a good reputation.
• He was full of the Holy Spirit.
• He was full of wisdom.
• He was willing to serve.
• He was a goer.
• He proclaimed the message of Jesus Christ.
• He had a ministry of signs and wonders.
• He brought joy to the hearers.
• He saw that people were baptized.
• He was willing to work with other ministries.
• He was wiling to obey and move with God.
• He was willing to minister to one person as well as to a crowd.
• He knew the Word of God.
• He called people to a decision.
• He had a family and a normal home life.

(Translation by Maria Juha)