Ephesians 4:11

Offices Christ Established

As ruler over all, particularly in the church, Jesus set apostles and prophets in the church to reveal his will to man. They were able to do this because of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and the miracles he empowered them to work (Acts 1:6-8; John 16:13-14; Hebrews 2:14). Evangelists are men who carry the good news to a lost and dying world. Coffman says, "The omission of 'some' before 'teachers' indicates that the meaning is teaching-pastors, or pastor-teachers." Their job would be to shepherd the flock by feeding them on God's word and confronting false teachers (1 Peter 5:14; Titus 1:9). Evangelists and pastor-teachers may have been strictly a reference to miraculous offices in this passage, but we should remember these are both non-miraculous offices today. In either case, they would be obligated to proclaim and defend the inspired Word of God (4:11).