The goal of the five-fold ministry gifts (Ephesians 4:11) is two-fold, unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God and to become mature attaining to the fullness of Christ. The goal is unity and maturity and the purpose is to be built up into these two goals. (Ephesians 4:12-13)

Christ is the nourishing root and vine by which we the branches grow into these two things. (Ephesians 4:14-16; John 15:1-8)