Selected excerpts from an article entitled The Call to Ministry, by Meredith J. Sprunger:
Anyone who has experienced a dynamic personal relationship with God and has dedicated himself or herself to the demands of this relationship must do something about it. Genuine religion always motivates action and changes lives.
Service to others can take many forms, and each of us must discover which function or channel we find creative. We can serve God in every vocation of society and through all of the arts and sciences. Jesus directs us to seek the Father’s guidance and direction for our lives. All of us are not called to the same ministry. Courageously keep step with the music you hear; and so will the Father’s symphony of service benefit all people.
There are three basic forms of service in which each of us is challenged to participate. First, we should strive to live the inspiring truths given to us. This is elemental. Second, we ought to engage in various types of material service. We should aid the needy, work for social, economic, and legal justice, and foster the actualization of human well-being. Finally, and most importantly, we are called to participate in a spiritual ministry to the minds and souls of our fellows. This sharing and proclamation of the good news has, historically, effected the greatest transformation of human life of all of the forms of service. And today there is a great need for the restructuring of the spiritual foundations of society along with a growing hunger in the world for a larger understanding of the universe and God.
.........real the entire article here - PDF Document - scroll down to page 9 for the article:
- A Call to Ministry - Spiritual Fellowship Journal - Volume 15, Number 2 - Spring/Summer 2006
