Question 360: What Is The “Call” To The Ministry?

Answer:

One of the best evidences of a genuine call is the possession of those special qualifications which add in marked degree to the usefulness of the believer. If, under his addresses in Sunday School or at prayer-meetings or at mission churches YHVH has acknowledged His work and souls are led to Moshiach, there is strong reason to believe that it may be his duty to devote all his time to preaching and pastoral work. A man's own intense desire to preach and the concurrent opinion of experienced believers that his work would be useful in the pulpit, are also indications. The basis of all qualifications for the ministry however, is that there must be in the heart an intense love of souls, consecration to Gospel service and a sense of personal acceptance, pardon and regeneration through Moshiach. None but one who has himself travelled the road that leads to the Cross can guide others along the same path. See Colossians 1:28; Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39.