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(Copyright 08-27-2025) by Richard T. Ritenbaugh (Charlotte, North Carolina)   In Ephesians 4:11-16, the apostle Paul famously explains the reasons for Christ’s gift of the ministry to His church: “for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry” and “for the edifying of the body of Christ” (verse 12). This educational and supportive element is necessary because those He calls out of this world have been steeped for decades in the ideas and behaviors of a society cut off from God. They must learn God’s truth and begin living His way. As Paul writes later in the chapter, they must “be […]