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Dakotasunbeam -> RE: Becoming a Pastor (4/26/2008 6:27:25 PM)
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Dan,
God gifts people to be pastors, evangelists, teachers, etc. This is not something you can just decide to do. That is not to say that you haven't been called. Rather, spend time reading His word and praying in meditations to find out if you have such a gift. As far as telling people about salvation: you have already been called to do that in the Bible. I encourage you to read the Gospel of Mark or Matthew. Particularly the last 4 chapters of each book. God outlines our mission. ALL believers are to go out into the world and preach the gospel. You do not need a degree or a certificate or anything to do that--as God is the one who gives the certification--not accredited institutions or men in collars. Incidentally, a pastor is not something you become--it's something that you ARE. It's a gift. There are plenty of men that call themselves pastor and are no more a pastor than Wayne Gretsky is a ballet dancer.
The first thing to do is pray. I would also be wary of going to theological institutions, because they are notorious for twisting the word of God and training men and women in the doctrine of men and not God. If you truly want to be a pastor, study the word of God over and over. Understand it, live it, and pray it. If you are gifted to be a pastor, people will naturally "flock" to you and you will be able to guide them with wise and godly consel as well as provide any assistance they need.\
If you really want to reach the lost, do not go into an air conditioned church on Sunday morning. Go out into the highways and byways as Jesus commanded. Go to the places where sinners are found, and preach repentance through Jesus Christ and the forgiveness of sins. I'll betcha dollars to donuts, the pastors getting crowns in heaven are the ones out in the highways and byways who've never stood behind a pulpit in their life.
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