What is the Missionary Call?
Is there one?
Is it the same call or different call that a pastor gets?
How does one get this call?
It cannot be related to the Macedonian call can it? Paul was already called and sent out (released) by Antioch when he got this Macedonian call, which appears merely a refinement of direction rather than a call into missions.
Does the call come to someone by himself or through the church? Can a church or body convince a private individual of going into missions and thus help a person get the call?
What are the signs of having this call? What are the Biblical precents we have for demanding a missionary call?
How is this distinguished from, "Well, I want to be a missionary..." ie. how does a church examine a person to see if they really have the missionary call?
How does the missionary call relate to recruitment efforts by missions? I.e. how do we wait for God's call and yet promote the needs? It appears God works through these means.
Is there one?
Is it the same call or different call that a pastor gets?
How does one get this call?
It cannot be related to the Macedonian call can it? Paul was already called and sent out (released) by Antioch when he got this Macedonian call, which appears merely a refinement of direction rather than a call into missions.
Does the call come to someone by himself or through the church? Can a church or body convince a private individual of going into missions and thus help a person get the call?
What are the signs of having this call? What are the Biblical precents we have for demanding a missionary call?
How is this distinguished from, "Well, I want to be a missionary..." ie. how does a church examine a person to see if they really have the missionary call?
How does the missionary call relate to recruitment efforts by missions? I.e. how do we wait for God's call and yet promote the needs? It appears God works through these means.