apostleship
Sacred messenger's office
Apostleship is the office, status, or mission of an apostle—originally one of the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to spread his teachings.
The term extends to anyone who pioneers or champions a cause with evangelical zeal, so one might speak of someone's apostleship in the civil rights movement.
In religious contexts, apostleship often implies divine calling and authority to lead or teach.
Dedicated career path
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- discipleshipState of following a teacher
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
consecration · anointing · election · divine calling · mandate · appointment · charge · sending
Delivering moral discourse
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- conversionAct of changing states
- witnessingSeeing something occur
outreach · proclamation · church planting · proselytizing · testimony · Great Commission · mission field · evangelization
Trust without proof
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- pietySincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
righteousness · grace · blessing · prayer · worship · sacrifice · martyrdom · miracles
Ability to direct others
- headshipChief authority position
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- governanceHow authority is exercised
guidance · spiritual authority · eldership · primacy · succession · jurisdiction · episcopate · keys
vocation
Dedicated career path
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- discipleshipState of following a teacher
- ministryClergy's work or state department
ordination · consecration · anointing · election · divine calling · mandate · appointment · charge · sending · designation
preaching
Delivering moral discourse
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- conversionAct of changing states
witnessing · outreach · proclamation · church planting · proselytizing · testimony · Great Commission · mission field · evangelization · discipling
faith
Trust without proof
devotion · righteousness · grace · blessing · prayer · worship · sacrifice · martyrdom · miracles · signs and wonders
leadership
Ability to direct others
- headshipChief authority position
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
governance · guidance · spiritual authority · eldership · primacy · succession · jurisdiction · episcopate · keys · shepherd
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- Apostle PaulPaul, Saul, Romans, Galatians, Corinthians
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, Acts of the Apostles, Council of Nicaea
- ministrypreaching, pastoral care, teaching, chaplaincy, youth ministry
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- vocationcalling, vocation, divine calling, priesthood, religious life
apostleshiplaity
Non-ordained church members
followership · discipleship · church membership · secular life · unbelief