8 Favorite Quotes From The Book “Am I Called to Ministry?” (Brad Wheeler, Crossway)

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Anyways, here’s a new batch of quotes published by Crossway, from their wonderful series, Church Questions, titled Am I Called to Ministry? authored by Brad Wheeler. If you like these quotes, you can buy the book by clicking this link.

“Teaching is at the heart of pastoral ministry. A pastor isn’t an activities programmer or a personal motivator but a Bible teacher.”

“A pastor’s opinions must be informed by Scripture, not by culture, tradition, or blind adherence to past practice. Can he open the Bible and accurately explain what it does and doesn’t mean? Can he assess a situation and apply the Scriptures so as to effectively guard and grow the sheep? Can he do this in a way that obviously benefits those who listen? If so, then he’s able to teach.”

“Churches raise up pastors, and churches send out pastors. If you want to pastor, you need to be deeply involved in a healthy local church.”

“Pastors must have sterling reputations both in the church and in the community. Church leaders aren’t just to be preaching the gospel, but they must also be living pictures of that gospel.”

“Seminaries don’t raise up pastors, local churches do.”

“If you’re driven by personal ambition, no amount of success will ever be enough. But if you’re driven by godly aspiration, you’re ever looking to the Savior and saying, “He is enough.”

“Preparing for ministry is a process that takes time. Like the best bread, you may have all the right ingredients, but you need time to rise. Trying to speed up the process will only ruin the final product.”

“If you don’t love your congregation, you won’t sacrifice yourself for them. You’ll just use them. Or you’ll treat them as a problem to be fixed and not a people to be loved.”

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