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Unless apostles can operate effectively as apostles without being recognized as apostles it does little good to have them if the church cannot discern them. On the other hand, if they can operate effectively as apostles without apostolic recognition then the need to recognize them is moot. However, as aron said the Lord said we should discern false apostles, which means we should discern true ones as well.

This discussion is really academc if discerning apostles entails little more than taste and opinion. I've asked several times about how to discern apostles, but there has been little input. What do apostles do? How do we know a true apostle? Z said by their fruit. What fruit, exactly?

Here are few names.

Andrew Murray
Watchman Nee
Billy Graham
A.W. Tozer
T.A. Sparks
C.S. Lewis
Witness Lee
Titus Chu
Joel Osteen
Beth Moore
Joyce Meyer
John Stott
J.I. Packer
Rick Warren

Do you consider any of these apostles? Why or why not?