期刊名称：E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
电子版ISSN：2458-7338
出版年度：2022
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：48-58
DOI：10.38159/erats.2022825
语种：English
出版社：Noyam Publishers
摘要：This article argues that the concept of a call to ministry may not be the same as the period of the Prophets. The issue of call to ministry remains a bone of contention among the Christian communities today. It is a bone of contention because people have different views on the issue of call. Some see the call to ministry from God’s perspective, while others see it from the perspective of human beings. The fundamental question is: what does it mean to have a call and task to ministry. This paper has examined the call and tasks of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10. The approach for this study was exegetical. The findings reveal that the call and tasks of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10 disclose the sovereignty of God in deciding the fate of a person before the foundation of the world. Thus, the call and tasks of Jeremiah were a completed action in the mind of God before the actualization of it in the future. This article posits that Christian scholars should educate the church that no two calls are the same in the Bible. Scholars should also dissuade the church from using people without a clear call to pastoral ministry
