Duration:

 
• The apostles will be here until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.  
  
 
• Though the church lost these gifts within the first centuries, God has been gracious to restore them in that great move of the Spirit that began in 1948.  There are false apostles.  This is certainly true, and there have always been such.  But the fact that Satan sends false apostles does not negate the reality of the true apostles whom God has chosen and sent
 
• There is one office gift, apostle, and four ministry gifts, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher here. As a result, the term, 5-fold ministry, may be a bit incorrect, but most people know what they mean when they say, "five-fold ministry."  
   
   
  • Ephesians 4:11-13 "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son [hwee-os] of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"