Don Johnson

This is a sketch of how I connect the dots, you might see it differently.

For the specific ministry of evangelist, they can be expected to be able to teach the gospel to a non-believer. They might also be able to teach more, but my take is that would be the minimum.

An evangelist is one of the 5-fold ministries as I see it. I understand these to be the varieties of possible ministry gifts of the elders/overseers in a church congregation, notice that not all of them are a pastor, there are other varieties. And one of the qualifications of an elder is to be able to teach, per 1 Tim and Titus, this is the main distinction between an elder and a deacon, both are servant-leaders, but a deacon is not necessarily expected to be able to teach. Some deacons might teach and some might be preparing to become elders later in life. But it is perfectly fine if a deacon has no desire to teach at all.

The ministry gifts are gifts of the Holy Spirit. Leadership in the church is appointed by having hands laid on one by the current leaders and includes a recognition of the ministry gift (and perhaps asking for more). So the 2 are closely coupled together, but not identical, because someone can be given a ministry gift, yet the local leaders not recognize it, for example, if they do not believe a woman can be an elder or a deacon.