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title: 'John Witherspoon on an Essential Characteristic of the Good Minister'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2022-08-30
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2022-john-witherspoon-on-an-essential-characteristic-of-the-good-minister
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# John Witherspoon on an Essential Characteristic of the Good Minister

“One of the most essentially necessary, and the most extensively useful qualifications of a good minister is, that he be a good man, that he have a firm belief of that gospel he is called to preach, and a lively sense of religion upon his own heart.” — [John Witherspoon](/authors/john-witherspoon), “Ministerial Character and Duty” in *Works* 2:286