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Originally Posted by OBW
Great post.
What about the broader "works of ministry" in Ephesians. Less specific, and probably not really talking much about "teaching" ministries, but the practical "ministering" things that so many of the other verses talk about.
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Right. Ministry appears to have many applications in the NT, which kinds of pushes against the "one ministry" idea. However, the NT does use the phrase "the ministry." However, as I said, "ministry" does not appear to refer to the contents of the ministry, what is ministered, rather it refers to the office. So those commissioned with spreading the New Covenant (all of us) have the office in this ministry.