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A Practical Guide for Men Aspiring to Ministry. What does it mean when a young man says he is “called” to be a pastor? Does that mean he is, or will be, qualified to be an elder? Is he gifted to work in pastoral ministry? According to pastor Bobby Jamieson, the idea of “calling” is the wrong place to start. In The Path to Being a Pastor, Jamieson exhorts readers to trade the question “Am I...

ministry should heed a parallel warning: A sense of calling on your part does not create an obligation to hire you on any church’s part. Do not assume that anyone will ever pay you to pastor. Purify your aspiration of any trace of entitlement. Fruitful preaching ministries tend to produce aspiring preachers. That is natural and healthy. My aspiration to pastor was kindled in such a ministry. Before I heard John MacArthur and the other pastors at Grace Community Church preach, I didn’t know preaching
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