This summer I have had multiple conversations with long standing people in ministry about the word and calling of the “apostolic”. People that genuinely didn’t know how to talk about it. They were great conversations because the people were open and curious…not hostile. They really wanted to understand and know how we define apostolic on this blog and what we really mean here when we say this word and push people towards it.
But it made me think about many of you and the friends you have. It makes me ask this question,
Many times talking about the apostolic feels like you’re walking in a dark forest. It is a little scary and there are not great directions. But we hope this blog has been at least a few rays of light shooting onto your path. We hope we have cleared a few things up.
One of the primary goals of this site is to give language, and story to the apostolic calling. Why? Because many apostolic leaders are not being encouraged. Without these kinds of people activated in the church we can’t advance the Kingdom of God in the most full way. But that being said, apostolic is such a buzz word in the church today. It is very polarizing for many and for the rest it is kind of archaic or weird.
So, we have a problem…
A major ambition here is to help bring the word “apostolic” and, therefore, the releasing of the calling back into our everyday language. We want it to be an enjoyable and inspiring word that roles off our tongues and into our actual ministry teams!
We are coming up on almost a year since Release The APE started. It has been a great year and one of the best parts of being 11 months in is the fact that we can turn around and look back at all the posts that have been written. There have been many great ones; especially on the apostolic role in the church.
I have compiled what I feel are the top 7 posts right here
We need to read up and we need to study these. There are still so many that are confused about what exactly “apostolic” means. Maybe you can start to help us clear this up.
So for the next little while, I am going to have the banner above in the top right corner of the blog. If you click it, or share it (tweet the link to your friends now), you will be taken right to a page that has the 7 top posts on the apostolic calling and a little introduction from me. I hope you can help by sharing this information with others so that they too can get cleared up on the apostolic!
What are some of the questions you still have about the apostolic? It will help me write future posts
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