lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) (04/14/91)
In article <Apr.9.03.12.58.1991.5547@athos.rutgers.edu> cctr114@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes: >While I am in full agreement with women in the ministry I would like to >say that being able to preach a first class sermon is no indication of >calling to the ministry. I am been in several churches over the years >where undoubtedly the best preachers were from among the parishioners >rather than the clergy. I do not think that there is really any objective >test which we could apply to see if a persons calling is real or imagined. Which brings up an interesting question I've been wondering about lately: How do you know if you are being called to go into professional, full-time type ministry? Is there anybody out there that has been called that would like to tell how they knew they were called? Thanks, Logan -- Logan # "He said that He had your number; you cut the telephone line Shaw # You said you needed a reason; He said 'there ain't much time' // # You kept trying to avoid it; He kept knocking on the door \X/ # In a flash it was over; you were a prisoner of war." -Rez Band