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The calling.
Individual who have received a call to
the gospel ministry also receive at the
same time a personal call form Christ.
The church community recognizes the
call and affirms it, both by employing
and credentialing the individual in
pastoral ministry.
1.Colabores with Christ.
Ministry is a privilege.
Ministry is a divine appointment.
Needs training.
2. Personal relationship
with Christ.
Individuals can give to others only
what they already posses. In order
to share the good news of the
saving grace in Christ, one must
have already experienced it, an
daily live in that grace.
3. Personal empowering
by Christ.
Whomever Christ calls, He enables.
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Spiritual formation
Discipleship must become a personal spiritual
discipline resulting in a private dimension before
it can have a public influence.
Essential elements in
pastor’s personal life.
Private study of God’s word.
Meditation.
Prayer.
Barriers to spiritual
experience.
Lack of dependence

Lack of time

Lack of privacy.

Lack of planning.

Lack of discipline.
Devocional methods
Reading

Prayer and meditation

Praise prayer

Penitential prayer

Intercessory prayer
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Loving people
Pastors must love people. Jesus
said “by this all you will know that
you are my disciples, if you have
love for one another (John 13:35).
Loving unlovely people.
Loving faulty people ins particular
could be categorized as one of the
more difficult tasks of pastoral life.
Loving hurtful people.
Genuinely forgiving those who engage in
mistreatment best describes the test of
Christian love.
Friendships
Everyone needs close friends

Close friends in the congregation (with

caution).

Community relationships
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