"Apostle” is not a term often used in Baptist circles. For most Baptists the word connotes the Twelve disciples of Jesus who are called apostles in Matthew 10:2–4 and Luke 6:13–16. Luke says that Jesus chose the apostles — Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John (the sons of Zebedee), Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon the…