Considering Pastoral Ministry

About this episode

Craig Troxel discusses how ruling elders can assist men in considering a call to pastoral ministry.

Craig Troxel talks about how ruling elders can help men consider a call to pastoral ministry. A call to pastoral ministry has several parts, one is the internal sense of call, another is the recognition of the church, the actual call to a congregation or mission work. Ruling elders help shepherd men in both and in this podcast we discuss the early stages of recognizing a call, or even encouraging men to consider if they are called. Discussion centers around Charles Bridges, The Christian Mini...

People in this episode

Guest: Craig Troxel

Topics covered

• pastoral ministry
• ruling elders
• call to ministry
• shepherding
• church recognition

Keywords

• pastoral ministry
• ruling elders
• internal call
• church recognition
• Charles Bridges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OPC Committee on Christian Education, OPC

Books & works: The Christian Ministry

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