Ep. 167: Raising up future pastors

When a man/young man comes and tells you he aspires to the office of pastor what do you do next? How does a pastor identify and train men for pastoral ministry? What qualities and characteristics should you look for when assessing their call and fitness for pastoral ministry?

Jim and Brian discuss all these questions and more on this episode of TrenchTalk

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• (01:58) The biblical foundation for pastors and deacons

• (07:11) Identifying men called for leadership both reactive and proactive

• (13:00) Importance and requirement of church involvement

• (16:30) Things Brian and Jim look for before mentoring a young man

• (23:28) Discerning when to keep and when to send those who you’ve trained

• (29:40) Final words

• (33:03) Prayer