---
title: 'The Call to the Ministry'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Miller Paxton'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 5'
- 'Ephesians 4'
- 'John 10'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/paxton-1889-the-call-to-the-ministry
---

# The Call to the Ministry

Argues the ministry is an official, divinely authorized office requiring Christ’s call and church authentication, distinct from private Christian service. Scripture grounds ordination and ministerial authority.

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