---
title: 'A Call to the Ministry'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Bailey Adger, D.D.'
date: 1882-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 9'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/adger-1882-a-call-to-the-ministry
---

# A Call to the Ministry

Examines how the Church discerns a divine call to the ministry: inward conviction, a people’s desire, and the presbytery’s judgment. Discusses reluctance, providence, and missionary example.

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