Apostles

[Cal]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

My issue is this. An apostle, if he is a "missionary" will be preaching the gospel to hundreds of people, perhaps thousands. These people may have not had any prior experience of Christians, or else a very limited experience. So this is really something they are brand new to. How does this person learn of the miracles?

Right, but if he's preaching the gospel he's acting as an evangelist, not an apostle, so miracles are not required.

An apostle (in the context of our discussion) is one who has special authority to dictate truth to multiple churches, to directly lead multiple churches, to administer discipline to multiple churches, to appoint elders in multiple churches, and so forth. This is the kind of apostle Paul was, and the kind WL was purported to be.