What is your Ministry Work?

Ephesians 4: Work of Ministry Gifts Apostles (Bishops, Disciples) Prophets (Oracles of God) Evangelists (Minister) Pastors (Shepard, Ruler, Prince) Teachers

Appointed Positions Ministry Disciple (A Believer, Student, Learner) 1 Corinthians 2:14 Deacon, Deaconess (Supporting Relationships, Church Officer, Servant of Church Ministries) Romans 16:1, 1 Timothy 3, Acts 6, Philippians 1, Matthew 25:44 Priest (Minister, Evangelist, Prophet, Teacher, Singer, Porter, Shepard, Pastor, Ruler, Judge, Apostle) Required to maintain a special standard of purity, blameless (Leviticus 21,22). Mediate and discern Gods will of Judgment. (Joshua 8:33) Minister Provide significant personnel service to someone of high rank, gifts and resources to meet material and spiritual needs of others. (Isaiah 58, 2 Corinthians 9, Exodus 28,29, Numbers 3,4) Evangelist (Communicators of the Gospel) 2 Timothy 4:5, Acts 6,8,21 Prophet, Prophetess (Deuteronomy 13, Ezekiel 33, 1 Samuel 10, Exodus 15:20, Numbers 12) Teachers (Exhort, Giver) Deuter 33:9-10, 2 Chronicles 17:8-9, Ephesians 4:12, Leviticus 10:11 Singer (Joy, Praise, Love) 1 Kings 10:12, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 5:12, 20:21, 29:28 Porter (Giver) 1 Chron. 9, 2 Chronicles 35:15, Nehemiah 7:1) Shepard, Pastor Jeremiah 3:15, Genesis 49:24, Ecclesiastes 12:11, Isaiah 40:11, 1 Peter 2:25, Jeremiah 23:4,31:10, John 10 Ruler, Prince, Captains (Overseer, Mercy w/Cheerfulness) 1 Chronicles 17, 29, 2 Chronicles 35:8 Bishop (Leader, Guardian, Steward, Elder) 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1:5-9, Philippians 1, Acts 20:28 Judge (Overseer, Law Authority) Judges 4:4, 1 Samuel 3, Numbers 27:18-23, Deuteronomy 1:1318,16:18-20,17,19,21,25 Apostle (Missionary for Discipleship & Baptizing) Matthew 28:18-20, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Peter 3, Acts 1:8,21,2:43,13:1,14:14,15:4, Romans 1:1-5, 11:13, 1 Corinthians 4:9,9:1, Galatians 1,2

At the time of the return from the Babylonian exile the Nethinim had come to be regarded as important. Their number was considerable: 392 accompanied Zerubbabel at the first Return in 538 B.C. (Ezra 2:58 equals Nehemiah 7:60). When Ezra, some 80 years later, organized the second Return, he secured a contingent of Nethinim numbering 220 (Ezra 8:20). In Jerusalem they enjoyed the same privileges and immunities as the other religious orders, being included by Artaxerxes' letter to Ezra among those who should be exempt from toll, custom and tribute (Ezra 7:24). A part of the city in Ophel, opposite the Water-gate, was assigned them as an official residence (Nehemiah 3:26, 31), and the situation is certainly appropriate if their duties at all resembled those of the Gibeonites (see Ryle, "Ezra and Nehemiah," in Cambridge Bible, Intro, 57). They were also organized into a kind of guild under their own leaders or presidents (Nehemiah 11:21).