---
title: 'The Ministry and Its Duties'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joseph Mayo Atkinson'
date: 1869-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Ministerial Directory'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 4'
- 'Jeremiah 1'
- 'Ezekiel 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/atkinson-1869-the-ministry-and-its-duties
---

# The Ministry and Its Duties

Argues the gospel ministry requires a divine, individual call; stresses ministers’ personal inadequacy, required moral and intellectual qualifications, and the Church’s role in authenticating that call.

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