In the Bible, Philip is named as an evangelist and so is Timothy to whom the apostle Paul wrote epistles.
We see the following examples of the work of an "evangelist" concerning Philip.
Acts 8
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, HE was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened HE not HIS mouth:
33 In HIS humiliation HIS judgment was taken away: and who shall declare HIS generation? for HIS life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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Robert Tilton announced himself to be an evangelist and he traveled from place to place with his wife, Marte.
Later he decided he was a pastor so he started Word of Faith church in Farmer's Branch, Texas, and his wife was said to be in the ministry office of a prophet.
I attended Tilton's church group from approximately 1977 to 1982, when God brought me out.
It concerned me that Bob started as evangelist and then switched to a pastor.
Later he and his wife divorced and she set up her own church as a pastor while she had said she was a prophet.
Then Bob remarried and he and wife # 2 divorced and he remarried a third wife. (adultery)
Matthew 5:32 Jesus says: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife (divorce his wife), saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery (if she remarries): and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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Certainly you can have more than one ministry office for Paul was a preacher, apostle, and teacher.
2 Timothy 1 (Paul says)
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things:
But Paul knew the ministry offices to which he was called by Jesus and there is no evidence he changed ministries from one office to another. Paul was both apostle & teacher doing both works together.
I am apostle/prophet and God showed me exactly what these offices do in the church but I never stop doing one office and do the other office. Both offices function together.
I've even heard one man say he was currently a pastor, but hoped to arrive at being an apostle. I'm certain this is wrong. You do not earn the ministry office because of your achievement. Jesus appoints from heaven the ministries of: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher (Eph. 4:11) And when we are appointed by Jesus we are taught by Jesus how to function in the ministry office according to the will of God.
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Some churches deny that apostles or prophets exist today.
They say Paul was the last apostle when Matthias was the 12th apostle replacing Judas. (Acts 1)
Paul was the one of the first of those New Testament ministers who was appointed by Jesus from heaven as in Ephesians 4:11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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Often men from around the world have contacted me calling themselves "pastors." I could tell by talking to them they really didn't know what the work of pastor was or how to do that work. They were just copying other men who said themselves to be pastors.
Jude vv. 17-19
18 How that they told you there should be mockers (men copying other men) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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There was one man who said he was a pastor and when I really questioned him he said to me, "OK ... I'm an evangelist."
(As if it really didn't matter. But it does matter for from heaven Jesus gave: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. And these callings do different kinds of ministry work. If the minister doesn't know to which ministry he is called how can he do the real work and how can the church expect to know what to expect from him?)
My understanding from the Spirit of God is this: evangelists are called to go to the unsaved and preach Jesus. Pastors care for the sheep in one church concerning following the doctrine of Christ
Prophets are different from either of these. Prophets are sent to the church, not to the world and often bring messages, sometime corrections, to the church and to the born again individuals at various church groups.
Apostles: Have a special anointing from God to deal with doctrines of Christ in the churches.
In these end time days as the apostasy increases by the churches falling away from certain scriptures and setting up other doctrines, apostles and prophets would certainly try to help the individuals to return to the Bible scriptures and established doctrines by the New Testament Bible and prove those doctrines that are being taught today.
Basically it is a mess today throughout churches with people following all manner of doctrines in churches today. This is the end time apostasy today in the church groups.
What each individual should do today is this:
2 Timothy 3:16-17
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
(Prove your doctrine by the NT Bible.)
At the judgment seat of Christ each individual will be responsible for the doctrine he chooses to believe.
2 Corinthians 5:9-11
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
So if we speak and believe opposite from doctrines of the New Testament Bible, we will be held responsible by God and judged for that which we believe that is opposite to God in the NT Bible.
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Example of the work of Philip the evangelist.
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Acts 8
6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
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