Pastoral-Apostolic (PaA) Gift Cluster
Pioneering Shepherds
The Apostolic
Pastor (PaA) Gift Cluster blends the primary pastoral
gifted role with a secondary emphasis on apostolic roles. This
gift mix produces “Pioneering Shepherds” who may believe they are
called to foster redemptive relationships by starting new
approaches, ministries or new congregations/churches and
facilitating connections between believers and non-believers.
To prepare for this type of ministry you will need to foster
sensitive intercultural relationships between the various
sociocultural groups in the community and congregation. You
may need to disciple believers through relationships that are
developed in new, contextual ways. You may need to equip
missional teams through designing new approaches that facilitate
collaborative efforts in creating discipling relationships among the
groups in the community. Your desire to foster strong
interpersonal relationships may need to be tempered if the quest for
harmony prevents you from starting a new ministry to address the
spiritual and intercultural issues that prevent biblical
discipleship. The desire to see rapid change that you may feel
may also need to be tempered with the need to take the time to
understand your audience more completely so that your discipling
ministry can be used of God to bring transformation and spiritual
growth. "Doing things together while doing things new" becomes a theme that drives much of this
person's orientation.
Variants of the Pastoral-Apostolic Gift Cluster
The following APEPT gifted blends are variants of the
Pastoral-Apostolic Gift Cluster:
- Pastoral-Apostolic
- Pastoral-Apostolic-Prophetic
- Pastoral-Apostolic-Evangelistic
- Pastoral-Apostolic-Teaching
Pastoral-Prophetic (PaPr) Gift Cluster
Investigating Shepherds
The
Prophetic Pastor(PaPr) Gift
Cluster blends the primary pastoral gifted role with a secondary
emphasis on prophetic roles. This gift mix produces
“Investigating Shepherds” who may believe they are called to
evaluate the spiritual & cultural issues involved in spiritual
formation and discipleship and empower others to deal with those
issues. To prepare for this type of ministry you will need to
foster sensitive intercultural relationships between the various
sociocultural groups in the community and congregation. You
may need to address current spiritual & cultural conditions in your
discipling relationships. You may also need to equip missional
teams to address these current conditions in their discipling
relationships among the groups in the community. Your desire
to foster strong interpersonal relationships may need to be tempered
if the quest for harmony prevents you from evaluating the spiritual
& cultural conditions that prevent biblical discipleship. The
intense desire and ability you have to analyze and critique the
situation in which you find yourself may need to be tempered in
order to maintain a godly attitude yourself. "Doing
things together while doing things better" becomes a theme that drives much of this
person's orientation.
Variants of the Pastoral-Prophetic Gift Cluster
The following APEPT gifted blends are variants of the
Pastoral-Prophetic Gift Cluster:
- Pastoral-Prophetic
- Pastoral-Prophetic-Apostolic
- Pastoral-Prophetic-Evangelistic
- Pastoral-Prophetic-Teaching
Pastoral-Evangelistic (PaE) Gift Cluster
Advancing Shepherds
The
Evangelistic Pastor (PaE) Gift
Cluster blends the primary pastoral gifted role with a secondary
emphasis on evangelistic roles. This gift mix produces
“Advancing Shepherds” who may believe they are called to foster
relationships with non-believers through which the gospel can be
shared and to mobilize believers to build redemptive relationships
in the community. To prepare for this type of ministry you
will need to foster sensitive intercultural relationships between
the various sociocultural groups in the community and congregation.
In your discipling of believers, you may need to model how to share
the gospel in culturally-appropriate ways in the context of
intercultural relationships. You may also need to equip
missional teams to adjust their gospel presentation in culturally
appropriate ways as they build relationships among the groups in the
community. Your desire to foster strong interpersonal
relationships may need to be tempered if the quest for harmony
prevents you from sharing the gospel in ways that addresses
spiritual and cultural issues. The urgency you feel concerning
the need to share the gospel may need to be tempered with the need
to cultivate the spiritual soil around you – both among
non-believers who need to hear the message and believers that need
to be mobilized to share the gospel. "Doing
things together while doing things now" becomes a theme that drives much of this
person's orientation.
Variants of the Pastoral-Evangelistic Gift Cluster
The following APEPT gifted blends are variants of the
Pastoral-Pastoral Gift Cluster:
- Pastoral-Evangelistic
- Pastoral-Evangelistic-Apostolic
- Pastoral-Evangelistic-Prophetic
- Pastoral-Evangelistic-Teaching
Pastoral-Teaching (PaT) Gift Cluster
Establishing Shepherds
The Teaching Pastor
(PaE) Gift Cluster blends the primary pastoral gifted role with a
secondary emphasis on teaching roles. This gift mix produces
“Establishing Shepherds” who may believe they are called to provide
training for ministry (worship, instruction, fellowship, outreach &
service) and missional leaders through relationally-based methods.
To prepare for this type of ministry you will need to foster
sensitive intercultural relationships between the various
sociocultural groups in the community and congregation. In
your discipling of believers, you may need to model intentional,
life-transforming Bible study delivered in culturally-sensitive and
relational ways. You may also need to equip missional teams
regarding how to disciple others through reproductive-oriented Bible
study and deliver that mentoring in culturally-sensitive and
relational ways. Your desire to foster
strong interpersonal relationships may need to be tempered if the
quest for harmony prevents you from providing training to address
the spiritual & cultural conditions that prevent biblical
discipleship. Your desire for efficiency and orderliness may
need to be tempered if it produces a “hardening of the categories”
that prevents flexibility and adaptability. "Doing
things together while doing things right" becomes a theme that drives much of this
person's orientation.
Variants of the Pastoral-Teaching Gift Cluster
The following APEPT gifted blends are variants of the
Pastoral-Teaching Gift Cluster:
- Pastoral-Teaching
- Pastoral-Teaching-Apostolic
- Pastoral-Teaching-Prophetic
- Pastoral-Teaching-Evangelistic
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