TS&TT: The Call to Pastoral Ministry

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 850 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden discuss the calling to Pastoral Ministry. They discuss how a man can know that he is called to ministry, how he should prepare himself to serve as a Pastor, and also how should churches think about this calling and their role to raise up men to serve as faithful pastors. Show Notes:Find out more about Willy Rice: https://baptistrenewal.us Ready to plan your next event? Contact Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center: https://LYBCC.com Register for the 2027 National Founders Conference - The Law & The Gospel: https://founders.org/conference/ Pre-Order "Offensive Christianity": https://press.founders.org/shop/offensive-christianity/ Pre-Order "Reforming World Missions": https://press.founders.org/shop/reforming-world-missions/ Order "Foundational Truths for Family Worship": https://press.founders.org/shop/foundational-truths-for-family-worship Check out the Founders Study Center: https://study.founders.org/ Founders Ministries: https://founders.org Support the Work of Founders: https://founders.org/give https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/https://twitter.com/FoundersMinhttps://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for this conversation today.
0:02.0	I'm the Sword and the Trial.
0:03.0	Today, Pastor Tom and I talk about the calling to pastoral ministry.
0:06.9	How can one know that they are called to pastoral ministry?
0:10.0	What should one do to prepare himself for that vocation?
0:13.3	And then also, how should churches think about raising up men within their congregations
0:17.2	and looking to men outside of their congregations to fulfill those roles within
0:21.2	their churches. I hope it's a helpful conversation for you. Take a listen. Welcome to The Sword and the
0:28.3	Trowel. The Sword and the Trowel is a podcast of founders' ministries and founders exist for the
0:32.2	recovery of the gospel and the reformation of local churches. I'm Graham Gundin. I'm Tom Askell.
0:36.6	And today's episode is brought to you
0:38.3	by Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center up there in north central Florida. Today, Pastor Tom and I want
0:43.9	to talk about the calling to ministry, particularly pastoral ministry. Yeah, and that's an important
0:50.2	subject because a man can't just simply put himself into the ministry and how does one
0:55.9	get into pastor ministry. In fact, we're doing a seminar up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, the northern
1:01.9	part of Kentucky with Michael Clary. It's going to be hosted by church he serves there, which is Christ
1:07.2	the King Church. And then Michael Foster, who's up in the Cincinnati area right there,
1:12.4	will also be a part of it.
1:13.4	I'll be a part of it.
1:14.4	And we'll be talking about raising up leaders in the church, raising up men that God might call
1:21.4	and equip to serve the church in pastoral ministry, deacons, and otherwise.
1:25.3	So this is an important subject.
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