In the Book of Acts, we are given a clear model of how the office of Evangelist is suppose to operate. Phillip, originally designated to help administer a food distribution program, finds himself suddenly thrust into an area that KNOWS NOTHING OF CHRIST. Undaunted, he simply proclaims to them the Christ. Just as the Gospel of Mark predicted, his message is confirmed by the signs that attend it. People are saved, baptized in the Name of Jesus, healed and delivered. Demons come out with a shout. And so a body of believers is formed, a local church. And when Phillip has done all that he can do, John and Peter, Apostles, come from Jerusalem to finish the job -- laying hands on all the new converts to make sure that they are Baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of Speaking In Unknown Tongues. Eventually, Phillip will marry and have four wonderful daughters who will move to an anointing level higher than his, that of prophetess.

Later on in the Book of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas sent out by prophetic mandate from the first Gentile church in Antioch, graduating from the office of teacher and pastor into the office of Evangelist. It is in Paul that we find the classic pattern for the Evangelistic office. The model is simple: move into an area where the Gospel has not been heard before, and begin preaching publicly and working privately from house to house in order to build up a local body of believers. Then train, teach and shepherd their minds and souls until individual members of the body have grown sufficiently to mature into deacons and elders who are capable of taking over the leadership of the local church. Once that has been accomplished, usually requiring a period of two to three years, the evangelist then MOVES ON to a new location in order to plant a new church, with signs accompanying him. This is the Biblical model that Evangelists are supposed to follow. Despite the current practice in the church, Evangelists are NOT supposed to preach in established churches. The already evangelized do not need re-evangelization. That is the domain of the teacher and pastor within the local body. One of the great failures in the church is the unwillingness of Evangelists to take up their God-ordained role outside of the church walls. In truth, all Evangelists are supposed to be Missionaries. This flies in the face of the model which developed in the church over the last 500 years, but it is in total compliance with the Biblical model established almost 2,000 years ago, a model which, when implemented properly, produces explosive growth, both in terms of new church plants, and in terms of new believers being added daily to the local body.