Governmental Apostles (1)

There are two approaches to the apostolic ministry. The most important is Local Apostles.

Local apostles operate at neighbourhood level. They focus on planting neighbourhood churches and multiplying their ministries by mentoring potential elders on-the-job.
When an apostolic team plants a neighbourhood church, they will focus on discipling a few people with potential to become leaders. Once these people are mature enough to take over as elders, the apostolic team will be sent out to a new neighbourhood to start another church.

As apostles multiply their ministries, the church will grow rapidly. Paul demonstrated this approach, but it is not widely used in the modern world.
Local apostles are guided and led by the Holy Spirit. They will live at the cutting edge, so they can deal with problems as they arise. Correction at the local level will be provided by local prophets.

Local apostles multiply their ministries through on-the-job replication. This leads to rapid growth. In the following diagram, on apostolic team has multiplied their ministry into twelve apostles and twenty-five churches. The best people have become apostles working at the cutting edge.

A full description of the way that local apostles operate is contained in the Apostolic Way.