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A Call and Anointing to Preach
Paul Martin II
Professor Allen
Theology of ministry
November 11, 2010,
A Call and Anointing to Preach I think what we read this week is very beneficial for somebody who wants to go into full-time professional ministry as a preacher or a teacher. There were tons of gold nuggets in the reading assignment this week from our text book. It really can help you define a philosophy of ministry in to knowing you are called to be a preacher or teacher of the Word of God. In the case of my own story, I was called into youth ministry and now 14 years later I am becoming a church planter and Lead Pastor. The material the author talks about is very practical in finding out your call to ministry and how the Holy Spirit anoints you for such a time as this to preach the word of God. I have already been doing the things the author talks about in the last 14 years of my calling into ministry. I really liked what the author had to say about finding you’re calling and anointing through the Holy Spirit on page 67 of the text this week. It says “Therefore, the metaphor of the Pastor as preacher is best employed within the context of the Pastoral work within a parish where it is clear that the preacher is also Pastor.”(Willimon, 2002, Pg.67) I think the first step the author talks about is getting a divine confirmation from God and knowing that you know that you know he has called you to a lifetime commitment in servant hood to people from all walks of life. I think you need to spend ample amounts of time evaluating what it is God saying to you and are you really called for such a time as this. Once you have answered this you need to move forward in preparing yourself for a lifetime of ministry commitment. I did this when I went into full-time youth ministry. I did it again when I felt called to be a church planter almost two years ago. The second thing is that you really do need to be still and let God reign in your life and in answering the
Paul Martin II
Professor Allen
Theology of ministry
November 11, 2010,
A Call and Anointing to Preach I think what we read this week is very beneficial for somebody who wants to go into full-time professional ministry as a preacher or a teacher. There were tons of gold nuggets in the reading assignment this week from our text book. It really can help you define a philosophy of ministry in to knowing you are called to be a preacher or teacher of the Word of God. In the case of my own story, I was called into youth ministry and now 14 years later I am becoming a church planter and Lead Pastor. The material the author talks about is very practical in finding out your call to ministry and how the Holy Spirit anoints you for such a time as this to preach the word of God. I have already been doing the things the author talks about in the last 14 years of my calling into ministry. I really liked what the author had to say about finding you’re calling and anointing through the Holy Spirit on page 67 of the text this week. It says “Therefore, the metaphor of the Pastor as preacher is best employed within the context of the Pastoral work within a parish where it is clear that the preacher is also Pastor.”(Willimon, 2002, Pg.67) I think the first step the author talks about is getting a divine confirmation from God and knowing that you know that you know he has called you to a lifetime commitment in servant hood to people from all walks of life. I think you need to spend ample amounts of time evaluating what it is God saying to you and are you really called for such a time as this. Once you have answered this you need to move forward in preparing yourself for a lifetime of ministry commitment. I did this when I went into full-time youth ministry. I did it again when I felt called to be a church planter almost two years ago. The second thing is that you really do need to be still and let God reign in your life and in answering the
References: William. Willimon (2002). Pastor: The Theology and practice of ordained ministry Pg. 67: Abingdon Press Stone, 2002. “http://www.eagleflight.org/Pastor/heart_ministry.html”Retrieved November 11, 2010, from the eagle flight website: http://www.eagleflight.org/Pastor/heart_ministry.html