APOSTLE…OUR USE OF THE TERM

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This is regarded as Chief Apostolic, FYI.

VIEWED AS A PART 3

TAVEAU D’ARCY CREATIVE LEADERSHIP USE OF THE WORDS “OFFICE OF AN APOSTLE” “APOSTLE” DOING THE WORK OF AN APOSTLE” AND A NEW TERM MINISTRY “APASTLE”**

(**using the latter is NOT ADDING TO THE BIBLE, but describing “office turf” )

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“If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.” – Apostle Paul in Colossians 1:23.

“The Bible says you’ll be sent, yet it doesn’t say that you’ll always be received.” – Taveau D’Arcy. (c) 2014 Taveau D’Arcy. All copyrights reserved.

There are many various ways pastors and ministers across Christ’s apostolic body define as well as role model the words Apostle, Chief Apostle, Office of the Apostle, and Doing the Work of an Apostle.

Taveau D’Arcy Creative Leadership holds the following leadership in-house equipping views:

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Apostolic Taveau Creative Leadership views regarding a person being one of God’s Bible sent messengers, aka “A Scriptural Bible apostle.”

1. In DFW-LOF/Taveau D’Arcy Leadership Ministries, the in-house specific use of the words “Apostle vs. apostle.” We refer to the first original Jesus Christ hand-picked, appointed Chief Apostles, and Apostle Paul as “Capital A” Apostles, Chief Apostles, but all following them are denoted as servant pioneering leader apostles, using a lowercase “a” as Apostle Paul used when describing himself, listing the five-fold offices in all of his apostolic New Testament writings. (The only exception was if the word APOSTLE began a sentence, thus a capital letter would be required and appropriate).
2. Our ministry views regarding “Doing the Work of an Apostle“: Any true Christ follower may feel God directing them to plant a business or ministry or other work, but this does not mean that they “walk in the office” as that is a lifelong endurance, repeated leader sifting, God-called true servant office

 

3. TCL Ministry “Office of an Apostle” (Ephesians 4, all 5-fold offices) is a male or female whom God has called and commissioned as a Holy Spirit true servant, pioneering spiritual work founder, trailblazer, and colony chief planter, who is commanded by God to yield as a true servant in a servant office. The Bible describes this role as a pioneering “sent messenger” and “off scouring of the world,” who displays signs and wonders (many of which are needed to win the sin-sodden and to survive great peril). He or she receives organic, original, and very precise continual downloads of key tenets of Holy Spirit revelation:

• To make disciples and build the God-called pioneering work.
• To reveal another side of God’s amazing, enormous personality. The works may be in Bible teaching, pure, original true worship, media, some prophetic kingdom business, etc.
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4. “Chief Apostle Versus Apostolic Teammate or Layperson Serving a Pioneering Chief Leader Who Is an Office of the Apostle.”

Doing the work of an apostle is not necessarily the same as being a chief work-birthing foundational apostle. It is not the same as being a person who has been chosen and called by God to receive the specific heavenly ongoing revelation that is required to plant, give birth, and operate a brand-new church, college, senior ministry, Holy Spirit movement, or TV station (for a few examples).

However, the second in command or even the spouse of a chief apostle is not the same, as they are not required to hear from the Lord with the same level of direct heavenly revelation or level of senior responsibility, genuine spiritual acute warfare, and they are not held accountable directly to the Lord for what He is telling the chief apostle, head apostolic visionary, that He wants done.

Furthermore, the second or third tier staff, even the spouse’s close family members, will not be regarded as or accepted as the chief founding “organic original” church, movement, etc., head overseer apostle.

The mate, extended family, and staff will not be given the exact insight and revealed knowledge to be known as the “chief doctrine originator” and “ministry mature movement fountainhead” in hindsight, after many following generations have sprung forth from his or her own apostolic chief office ministry equipping.

Once again: If a senior/chief apostle has many associates or is married to someone, they are associates, even apostles, but not the chief organic pioneering originator apostle. However, each of the second-tier and third-tier mature leaders, including the spouse, may be a main “apostolic work planting team.”

 

5. An “apostle” according to DFW LOF, TCL, is “a sent messenger” but one who is not (right at the first) operating in the office of the apostle. However, he or she may be called to one day stand in that office.

Yet, God may make them aware of their high overseer calling, yet it might not be until many decades later, if at all, that history will show that they were truly an office of the apostle.

The reason for this: God uses a big exceedingly difficult overall process to “fashion them into His chief senior minister.”

Paul the apostle described it as “a byproduct of God’s granted grace rather than an achievement.

**Note EPHESIANS 3:7, “whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.”

**AND the long process requires faith-filled, patient, overcoming endurance:

“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;” Apostle Paul in Colossians 1:23

ASIDE: These days, nearly any person who functions in work planting basis might be referred to around their local area as “an office of the apostle” based upon what the local area doctrines are at that given point in time.

AND WHILE ALL lay, leader, non-offices, and offices are all equally valued and respected in the eyes of the Lord God, the popular worship trending doctrine does not automatically produce or confirm chief apostolic titles upon anyone (in order to make them a true office of the apostle) … no matter what the fashionable acceptable doctrinal fads condone.

Paul said, “Know my doctrines, my lifestyle, my patience and endurance.” This implies that character, balance, and spiritual fruit are other hallmarks of a genuine servant pioneering apostle office.

“But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,” 2 Timothy 3:10.

 

**Note: Please take a moment to examine each word and ponder the implications of Paul’s deep ongoing commitment.

How it is today: Due to modern fads and unrealistic fantasies, including handed-down traditions, models, and legalism, the terms “apostle” and “chief apostle” may or may not be truly found in the actual Scriptures. That is why I am describing how we use and equip leaders about those who are “doing the work of an apostle” in our ministry vocabulary.

There are genuine chief apostles who are not well-known, but then there are national and worldwide called evangelistic ones. We must not heed the winds of popular culture doctrine. For example, God does not have one “head apostle/overseer” who is “over all the rest” or “over all other ministers, lay in the gates of the city.” That would breed popes and human sucking up to curry human favor (also known as human pleasing).

Yet, TCL, DFW LOF believes that some may have more perceiver, discerner, seerish gifting for purposes of interceding, warning the others, and watching out in the gates of ongoing prayer. Micah 7:5 teaches, “Don’t put your confidence in a guide, not even in the one who lies beside you in bed, only put your confidence in God.”

Besides, only God the Chief Apostle’s Apostle truly knows who is truly over whom from the Father’s eagle eye point of view. But IFFM also believes that that type of apostolic competition/always comparing is fruitless, indeed pointless and immature.

My own apostolic (non-legalistic, not one bit elite) lampstand in-house views: we regard all as totally unique with each one respected and regarded as very precious and equal in His sight. But each pioneering senior work planter varies widely in 1) calling, 2) emotional/spiritual maturity, 3) overall life, apostolic experiences, 4) times, seasons, 5) visibility or kept behind the scenes, 6) being in a grassroots pioneering sense, national high visibility, worldwide secret or well-known calling, TV media or servant out primarily among the Least of These.

Many talk in tongues, but many do not. IFFM makes the choice to let each emotionally healthy, spiritually mature chief apostle, pioneering apostolic leader, seek God about doing that for his or her own self.

NEW TRAINING VOCAB:

(by God great grace, enduring mercy and ongoing “heavenly revelation” (Ephesians 1;17 Pauline communing, very slow mo,  style) DR TAVEAU, LEAD PASTOR, HEAD OFFICE ALL 5 EPHESIANS GIFTS… IS AN
“APASTLE** (servant leader, offscouring Galatians 1:1-2 servant leader form)

1. **Dr. Taveau has coined the word “Apastle.” An Office of the Apastle: The pioneering work birthing senior office mature overseer Sr. Pastor.

In-house views regarding a person who is an Apastle: It is a senior overseer pastor who does the work of a senior pioneering chief doctrine originator but often delegates due to his/her own key weaknesses, plus their own seerish/perceiver need to remain in continual Bible study and oversight intercession.

2. “Apostolic Cross Body True Community/House to House Unity” based on the Book of Ephesians:

In-house church of Ephesus cross whole body “Apostolic True Unity” walking in Revelation 3 Church of Philadelphian enduring love walk “Bride of Christ” leadership style, according to Paul’s Church of Ephesians 2-5:21 (especially Chapter 4 in-depth) “mutual submission in the fear of the Lord” (Ephesians 5:21). Apostolic leader points of total, near disagreement handled “submitting every person’s own leader point of view to the other in submitted, yielded Selah emotionally mature James 3:17 overall fashion.

3. In Apostolic DFW LOF, Apostle Taveau Creative Leadership House: Is a chief apostle a by-work achieved or a becoming overall big process? Servant pioneering chief apostle Paul described even himself as first God called: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, I Timothy 1: 1; And also: “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; I Timothy 1:12” but also God fashioned.
4. The DFW LOF/Taveau Leadership, aka “God’s Relationship Move,” which is also a “Servant Sent Messenger” “Real-Time” Mighty “Enoch” Move of the Holy Spirit.

God sent His Son to increase His eternal family; hence, all eight Holy Bible relationships are each more valuable than houses, lands, making ministry/business upwardly mobile progress.

By my very own TCL definition, the eight Bible relationships are:

1. Between a human and God
2. Between the human and him/herself (self-talk)
3. Between the human and their spouse
4. Between the human and their children, stepchildren
5. Between the human and their extended friends and family circle
6. Between the human and their business, acquaintances, secular world
7. Between the human and the church
8. Between the human and the civil institution, government, financial, local, educational, etc.

And DFW LOF, Apostle Dr. Taveau, also names #9 Money, Mammon: the human and their relationship with making money, income, and Mammon. #10 Media…coming in as close second, to #9 (in fact, it could be neck and neck) would be MEDIA (cells, video games, online, media, viewing,videos, music)

More later on all of these.

9. We also recognize that all five-fold offices were all servant leadership in the “organic” pioneering first church.

Nowhere in all of Apostle Paul’s New Testament writings did he ever refer to any of the five-fold leader offices with a capital letter, which would denote “entitled, exalted overseer Lampstand”. Rather, Paul even repeatedly described himself in all lower case, servant leader terms. He did the same for bishop, pastor, teacher, evangelist, prophet, and apostle.

Example: Read Ephesians 2 and 4. Thus, this implies that each and every truly committed, walking the walk as well as simply talking the talk, can be an ongoing part of God’s pioneering servant-sent apostolic messenger real-time Enoch, brotherly love apostolic God commissioned leader, junior leader maturity realistic move. So let’s get going!

10. Asking directly:

Q: Did Apostle Paul instruct the First Church to be biased, limited or prejudiced/to use leader in-house religious stereotypes in any way?

A: No.

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” – Paul

Galatians 3:28 “Neither Jew nor Greek” (Signifies culture, race); “neither slave nor free” signifies social conditions, living situations) “neither male nor female” (as each five-fold office is based on a spiritual inside original call, and has to be prayed through, worked out in time/prayer/long-suffering, which are each done internally, thus the spiritual leader office is God-called/made/implemented/overseen Bible technically “FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE”).

11. Apostolic TCL, DFWLOR “Real Respect” views regarding male-female in God’s house and in godly family house are apostolically different.

As Ephesians 5:21 commands all leaders, legally wed spouses, others, to get along in “mutual submission in the fear of the Lord” while it breaks down living in a family/marriage/male/female spousal/family roles as ‘Ephesians 5:22 “women are to submit to their married husband” as “Godly husbands are to lay down their lives as Christ loved the Church” and to rise up to choose to “dwell with their wives according to knowledge.” A lot more on our apostolic blogs/other kernel apostolic teaching.

(Due to leadership LP)

12. Q: Did the Father set in place “one main overseeing pioneering leader” or a few chief apostles to be “over” all of the others in these last days? If so, we need to please be informed of who that one is, or who they are, so that we can submit.

But first, please send us:

1. Their names
2. New Testament Bible verses which support this as being true.

Email: tclleadership@gmail.com

Otherwise, we will continue to proceed as usual in mutual respect in the fear of the Lord (Ephesians 5:21) Due Scriptural Leader Mature Nonlegalistic Sent Pioneering Servant Messenger applied realistic form.

 

14. Because apostolic folks seem to need to know:

Q: Does (servant meaning) Chief IFFM office of the Apostle Taveau D’Arcy require others who work with her to be under her?

A: No, she is weary of all the performance and brownie point achieving and views all fellow senior apostolic/extremely mature apostolic future senior ministers as peers (unless presented with reasons which give evidence to be proven otherwise) and co-laborers.

However, if a senior minister, apostolic pastor, or others decide to commit to serve and co-minister along with the apostolic leader, respect for senior office leader perceived in the Bible boundaries and mature chain of command do then apply, just as they do in all works commissioned by the Apostolic Lord. “Mutual respect in the fear of the Lord” (Ephesians 5:21) is essential in apostolic ministry, Godly home maturity (James 3:17), and a nondominating chain of command.

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