Answering the Call: Understanding and Responding to the Call to Full-Time Ministry

Ron Lewis has helped more young people answer the Call to ministry than anybody I know. These principles will guide you confidently into the purposes of God.Dr. Rice Broocks Co-founder Every Nation Author of Gods Not Dead and Man Myth MessiahWHAT IS FULL-TIME MINISTRY?Come follow me Jesus said and I will send you out to fish for people. At once they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:19-20What do you think of when you hear the phrase full-time ministry? Maybe you think of a man in a collar or flowing robes a preacher on TV or a missionary in the bush of Africa the frozen tundra of Siberia or the jungles of the Amazon. Perhaps you think of a campus minister who has helped you get to know Jesus in a personal way. To a degree these can all be examples of full-time ministry. From here on when I use the phrase full-time ministry I am mindful that all ministry--in every sphere of life--is a full-time calling. However for the sake ofclarity in this book when I refer to full-time ministry I am referring to a man or woman whose primary occupation is gospel ministry and all it entails.Full-time ministry is a job a vocation and a career but as we will see it is so much more.This subject is often misunderstood and usually brings with it a handful of questions: -Does God want you to go into full-time ministry? (Chapter 2)-What is the real difference between a Christian who works a secular job and a full-time minister? (Chapter 3)-Does it please God more if you are a full-time minister? (Chapter 3)-If I go into ministry where do I begin? (Chapter 5)-What will it cost me to follow Jesus into full-time ministry? (Chapter 7)-How can I be paid for doing Christian ministry? (Chapter 9)