where did the term five-fold ministry come from
Fivefold ministry After the close of the Apostolic Age, Christian writers still referred to the existence of prophets. For example, Irenaeus wrote of second century believers with the gift of prophecy,[15] while Tertullian, writing of the church meetings of the Montanists (to whom he belonged), described in detail the practice of prophecy in the second century church.[16] It is, however, the teaching of Edward Irving and advent of the Catholic Apostolic Church in 1832 that marks the earliest known movement of what is commonly labeled as fivefold ministry.[third-party source needed] The church ordained twelve apostles and had specific understandings of the roles of prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.[third-party source needed]