Discerning Your Call to Ministry: How to Know for Sure and What to Do about It

by Jason K. Allen

Publisher:

Moody

, 2016

Overview

“The church has needed this book for a long time.” — Russell Moore If you are considering the ministry, there are two mistakes to avoid. The first is taking up a calling that isn't yours. The second is neglecting one that is. Discerning Your Call to Ministry will help you know the difference. A tool for seminary students, pastors-in-training, and even current pastors, it serves to confirm or prompt deep thought about the calling to ministry through 10 probing questions, including: Do you desire the ministry?Does your church affirm your calling?Do you love the people of God?Are you willing to surrender? Pastoral dropout rates are high, and seminary admission rates are declining—signs that many of us don't quite know what we're signing ourselves up for. Author Jason Allen, a former pastor and the president of North America's fastest growing seminary, gives readers a better picture of the calling. Presenting a series of diagnostic questions informed by Scripture, church history, and his own experience, he helps those seeking ordination or ministry positions make confident decisions about their service to God, one way or the other.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The term overseer refers to one who exercises spiritual leadership over a congregation” (Page 28)

“Rather, they mark a lifestyle to be maintained, character to be cultivated, and ongoing accountability to God’s Word and God’s people. One’s call to ministry is inextricably linked to one’s godly character. The two cannot—and must not—be decoupled.” (Page 35)

“ surrendering to ministry includes a determination to follow God’s call wherever it may lead.” (Page 125)

“There is one gift, and only one gift, a pastor must possess. He must be able to teach.” (Page 63)

“The call to pastoral ministry is similar. You don’t select the church; the church selects you. In the New Testament there are no rogue agents or self-appointed ministers. Every legitimate pastor has a church standing behind him. Church affirmation is essential to the call to ministry.” (Page 74)

Product Details

• Title: Discerning Your Call to Ministry: How to Know for Sure and What to Do about It
• Author: Jason K. Allen
• Publisher: Moody
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 153
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian leadership; Christian leadership › Biblical teaching; Vocation › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780802414663, 9780802494634, 0802414664, 0802494633
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_E715FBE3A4AF48F6A75837D5315D09B4
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:26:28Z

About Jason K. Allen

Jason Allen is the fifth and youngest president of Midwestern Baptist Seminary. He has served as pastor and interim pastor of Southern Baptist churches in Alabama and Kentucky over the past fifteen years. He currently serves the church more broadly through writing and preaching ministries, including his own website www.jasonkallen.com, where he writes on various topics including higher education, theology, preaching, and cultural and local church issues. He and his wife, Karen, have five children: Anne-Marie, Caroline, William, Alden, and Elizabeth.