Fathering Leaders

TOAM Interview with David Devenish on apostles today

August 1, 2011

In this interview I ask David about his new book, Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission.

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Apostles today? Part Four – What do they look like in practice?

June 29, 2011

The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Those who are recognized as apostles by particular church networks are sometimes accused of making themselves equivalent to Paul or Peter, but this is not the case. In the similar context of prophets today, Jack [...]

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Apostles today? Part Three – Witnesses of the resurrection?

June 28, 2011

The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Witnesses of the Resurrection? What then about the claim that to be an apostle someone must have seen Jesus in his resurrection? This assertion is based on 1 Corinthians 9, where Paul is justifying his [...]

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Apostles today? Part Two – Do Ephesians 4 ministries continue?

June 27, 2011

The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Only Some of the Ministries Continue Today? We now turn to the third view: that the gifts of the Holy Spirit still continue today, but not the gift of the apostle. This view acknowledges that [...]

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Are there apostles today? A series by Dave Devenish

June 24, 2011

The following post is from Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission by David Devenish, copyright 2011 reproduced with permission from Authentic Media. Many years ago, my wife and I were leading a walking holiday in the Lake District (a beautiful region of northern England) with the youth group in our church. We had been joined by a [...]

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