"To think that Jesus's equipping and authority is only to church hierarchy is a pit that sparked the reformation. "
Ah, the spark was sale of indulgences, questioning authority of the church came later.
One who has the gift of evangelism can be a lay person.
Ephesians 4:11-13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
11 And that same Christ gave these gifts to people: He made some to be apostles, some to be prophets,
some to go and tell the Good News, and some to care for and teach God’s people. 12 Christ gave these gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger. 13 This work must continue until we are all joined together in what we believe and in what we know about the Son of God. Our goal is to become like a full-grown man—to look just like Christ and have all his perfection.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passag...ians+4:7,+11-13;++1+Peter+4:10-11&version=ERV
Offices: apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers
Ephesians 4:11-13 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
11 And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;
Ephesians 4:11-13 The Passion Translation (TPT)
11 And he has appointed some with grace to be apostles, and some with grace to be prophets, and some with grace to be evangelists, and some with grace to be pastors, and some with grace to be teachers.[c] 12 And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ. 13 These grace ministries will function until we all attain oneness in the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God,[d] and finally we become one perfect man[e] with the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed in the abundance of Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-13 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)
11-13 His “gifts to men” were varied. Some he made his messengers, some prophets, some preachers of the Gospel; to some he gave the power to guide and teach his people. His gifts were made that Christians might be properly equipped for their service, that the whole body might be built up until the time comes when, in the unity of the common faith and common knowledge of the Son of God, we arrive at real maturity—that measure of development which is meant by the “fullness of Christ”.
On the next day we who were Pauls companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of
Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him (Acts 21:8)
Acts 21:7-9
A short run from Tyre to Ptolemais completed the voyage. We greeted our Christian friends there and stayed with them a day. In the morning we went on to Caesarea and stayed with Philip the
Evangelist, one of “the Seven.” Philip had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
Who was the book of Timothy written to? What was his office?
"The importance of
this office can be seen in the fact that the word "
prophet" occurs over 300 times in the Old Testament and almost 125 times in the New Testament. The term "prophetess" appears 6 times in the Old Testament and 2 times in the New Testament. "
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dic...l-dictionary/prophet-prophetess-prophecy.html
AS you can see things like Prophet, Apostle and Evangelist are Offices.
