Many Renewalists believe apostles do exist. But should there be restrictions? An old-fashioned Bible study to answer the question. I also discuss elders and overseers and pastors and other leaders in relation to the push for installing apostles today.  This post has been thoroughly revised, due to further study.

I use an outline for my own clarity and conciseness. 

All translations are from the NIV, unless otherwise noted. If you would like to see many others, please go to biblegateay.com. All bold font has been added.

Let’s begin.

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10 Apostleship

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Craig Keener has an excellent, short three-part series:

Bible Background Research and Commentary from Dr. Craig Keener

At that link, do a word search with “apostle” in the search box.