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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 181 - What a Faithful Pastor Looks Like

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Navigating the journey to full-time ministry is often filled with uncertainty. How does one discern a call to ministry? How do we balance ministry, family, and self? In this podcast episode, our hosts explore these critical questions with guest Mike Fabarez, founder of Compass Bible Church. Mike candidly shares his insights on the journey of discernment, emphasizing the essential need for coaching and reaffirming the sacredness of all work that glorifies God. In the course of their dialogue,...

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0:00.0

All right, Mike, we have a bunch of questions for you.

0:03.0

You know, I want to talk a little bit about the books you've written,

0:05.0

and want to talk more about your radio program.

0:06.0

But we want to get into some questions about ministry.

0:09.0

This is a big question for believers, especially as they're trying to find their way through figuring out what's my place in the church.

0:16.0

And obviously, your heart is to raise people up, train them up,

0:19.0

and to multiply, right, discipleship, teaching others what we've received,

0:23.0

as Paul talked to Timothy about.

0:25.0

But Mike, how does someone know if they're called to full-time vocational ministry?

0:31.0

Obviously, we're all called the minister to serve in the church.

0:34.0

We all have a part in the body.

0:35.0

But when it comes to like full-time vocational ministry,

0:37.0

how would you encourage someone to go about finding out if that's what they're called to do?

0:46.0

It's okay, David, you're here with us.

0:47.0

I want to be with you a lot of friends.

0:48.0

We love you all so much.

0:49.0

Thank you for being here.

0:50.0

No, you were doing.

0:51.0

What was that?

0:52.0

Yes, friends, as we told you on the previous podcast, we're doing a series of podcasts where we interviewed people at NRB.

0:59.0

This one in particular went longer than we thought, because it was so fascinating.

1:04.0

It was with our dear brother, Mike Fibarez, and it went like 55 minutes,

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