All called to minister and pastor?
English: Peresopnytsia Gospels. 1556-1561. Miniature of Saint Matthew. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Do potential pastors need a powerful, divine, subjective call to ministry that overwhelmingly points them in their God -ordained direction? I don’t see support for that sort of normative experience in Scripture . People understand that pastoral ministry is weighty work, not to be entered into lightly. So naturally they want to know that their inclinations are not self-serving and their direction is not a fool’s errand. They are looking for a few signposts along the way to show them that they’re not obviously on the wrong road. That’s a commendable impulse. Here are several questions you should ask yourself as you ponder a call to pastoral ministry. 1. Do I meet the qualifications laid out in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1? This is the place to start. If your character is not mature, stable, and (in a non-perfectionist way) exemplary, then you are not ready to be a pastor. This d