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    A Call to the Ministry
    A Call to the Ministry
    A Call to the Ministry
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    A Call to the Ministry

    By Douglas Hammett

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    Being a Pastor is not the easiest thing that I have ever done, but it is the most exciting. There is nothing like being in the will of God. To pastor without being in the will of God, however, is the most foolish and harmful thing you could ever do. You will be a very miserable person.

    Has God called you to the ministry? This book is the text from a sermon that I preached to the preacher boys in one of my college classes. It looks at what the Bible says about the call of God, some wrong reasons why a man may think he is called to preach, and the four indispensable elements of the call of God. My prayer is that the Lord will use this message to help you ascertain the call or lack of the call of God on your life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDouglas Hammett
    Release dateSep 14, 2011
    ISBN9780866452731
    A Call to the Ministry
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    Douglas Hammett

    Douglas Hammett has been in the gospel ministry for almost 40 years. He has been involved in many areas of ministry, often covering several areas at the same time. Those areas include Pastor, Church Planter, Staff Evangelist, College Professor and President, Author, Life/Ministry Coach, and Missionary. He has traveled extensively on mission trips around the world as well as preaching for Bible, Missions and Revival Conferences. He has a heart for God's people and desires especially to help preachers advance their ministry for Christ whether in the United States, or on the foreign field. He served for over 20 years as Senior Pastor of the Lehigh Valley Baptist Church in Emmaus, PA. Then in October, 2010, he moved to Botswana, Africa to serve there as a missionary. Pastor Hammett and his wife, Beverly, have 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

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      A Call to the Ministry - Douglas Hammett

      The Call to the Ministry

      By Douglas Hammett

      Copyright 2011 Douglas Hammett

      Smashwords Edition

      All scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, King James Version.

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      A Word from the Author

      Four Scriptures

      Six Wrong Reasons

      The Four Indispensable Elements of a Call

      Conclusion

      About the Author

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      A Word from the Author

      Pastoring is not the easiest thing that I have ever done, but it is the most exciting. There is nothing like being in the will of God. To pastor without being in the will of God, however, is the most foolish and harmful thing you could ever do. You will be a very miserable person. Seek God and His will and you will not go wrong.

      Has God called you to the ministry? This book is the text from a sermon that I preached to the preacher boys in one of my college classes. My prayer is that the Lord will use this message to help you ascertain the call or lack of the call of God on your life.

      Douglas Hammett

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      Four Scriptures

      A call to preach involves more than just being a preacher. It is also a call to minister. Therefore there is more involved in a call to preach than just standing in a pulpit and speaking. There are several things we need to look at concerning a call. We will look at four scriptures first to get a background. Then we will look at some wrong reasons people think they are called into the ministry. Last, we will look at the necessary ingredients of a call.

      Second Timothy 2:2

      "The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."

      This charge to commit teaching to faithful men was given by Paul to Timothy. Timothy, the pastor of the church, was in the process of turning the church that he and Paul had started over to another pastor. Paul instructed him that he was to look for a certain type of men: faithful men. Therefore, we see that there is a matter of church responsibility concerning a call to the ministry.

      There are two things here that the church is responsible for. First, they are to judge in the matter of the character of the man. If a man is going to be in the ministry, he has got to have more than just a speaking ability. He also has to have a Godly character. His life is important because he has a ministry to fulfill. Then, second of all, he has to be one that is able to teach others. In other words, with the call comes the ability

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