Test, Train, Affirm, and Send into Ministry: Recovering the Local Church’s Responsibility in the External Call

by Brian Croft

Publisher:

Day One

, 2010

Overview

The once strong commitment by the local church throughout church history to affirm a person who possesses the gifts and godly character suitable for Christian ministry, known as the external call, has practically vanished in the twenty-first century. This book is designed to equip and call back local churches to this biblical responsibility. This is accomplished by answering the typical questions that accompany this topic: Who is responsible? Who receives this call? Who gives this call and how does a local church proceed to give it? These are just a few of the important questions that are biblically, theologically, and practically answered. The aim of this book is to contribute to an awakening in the local church to relieve unnecessary pressures upon theological institutions, alleviate confusion to those seeking a call into gospel ministry, and restore a vision to this divine call which God has placed solely upon his redeemed people.

Product Details

• Title: Test, Train, Affirm, and Send into Ministry: Recovering the Local Church’s Responsibility in the External Call
• Author: Brian Croft
• Series: Ministering the Master’s Way
• Publisher: Day One
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Clergy › Appointment, call, and election; Christian leadership
• ISBNs: 9781846251979, 1846251974
• Resource ID: LLS:TSTTRNAFFRMSEND
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:32:11Z

About Brian Croft

Brian Croft is senior pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Brian is the founder of Practical Shepherding, a nonprofit organization committed to equipping pastors all over the world in the practical matters of pastoral ministry. He is the author of a number of books including Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals: Applying the Gospel at the Unique Challenge of Death, A Faith That Endures, and Test, Train, Affirm, and Sending into Ministry.