Prepare Them to Shepherd
Test, Train, Affirm, and Send the Next Generation of Pastors
Reeks: Practical Shepherding Series
Brian Croft
- Are
- You
- Called
- to
- Ministry?Those
- who
- are
- involved
- in
- full-time
- ministry
- often
- say
- they
- have
- been
- “called”
- to
- do
- what
- they
- do.
- But
- what
- does
- that
- mean?
- Who
- does
- the
- “calling,”
- and
- how
- is
- it
- received?In
- Prepare
- Them
- to
- Shepherd,
- pastor
- Brian
- Croft
- unpacks
- the
- biblical
- model
- for
- preparing
- individuals
- for
- full-time
- ministry.
- In
- the
- past,
- training
- and
- sending
- individuals
- into
- full-time
- pastoral
- ministry
- and
- missionary
- work
- was
- viewed
- as
- the
- responsibility
- of
- the
- local
- church.
- Today,
- much
- of
- that
- responsibility
- has
- been
- delegated
- to
- Bible
- colleges,
- seminaries,
- and
- parachurch
- and
- mission
- organizations.The
- aim
- of
- Prepare
- Them
- to
- Shepherd
- is
- to
- challenge
- local
- churches
- to
- recover
- the
- biblical
- model
- for
- ministerial
- training
- and
- assume
- responsibility
- to
- identify
- and
- prepare
- gifted
- and
- godly
- individuals
- for
- service
- in
- Christ’s
- body.
- Part
- of
- the
- Practical
- Shepherding
- series
- of
- books,
- this
- insightful
- book
- provides
- pastors
- and
- ministry
- leaders
- with
- the
- practical
- help
- they
- need
- to
- test,
- train,
- affirm,
- and
- send
- those
- who
- are
- called
- into ministry.
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