> Reverend Croucher -

> I read with great interest your posting to alt.christnet on the call

> to pastorship or the priesthood. I could not agree with you more. I

> have felt called by God to do more in terms of evangalism, but have

> felt constrained by the fact that theological seminaries require large

> amounts of time and cash, commodities which my family can not do

> without. I am a 35 year old computer support technician with a

> beautiful Christian wife and a wonderful son who is enrolled in a

> private Catholic grade school. I was hoping that you could offer

> some suggestions as to how I could fulfill the calling that I feel

> without being forced to give up my career. Don't get me wrong, if I

> felt the calling were stronger, I would leave my career in a heartbeat

> to pursue it. I just don't think that is what God has in mind for me.

>

> Can you help?

Hi my friend,

Your calling is your career is your calling!

Stay there and do the work you're doing as well as Jesus would have done it (but he wouldn't have been a workaholic); you don't need a seminary education or 'Rev's' or whatever to be 'called'. That's part of the problem with terminology in our Western churches. See the article Ministry as Empowerment on our website!

God bless you!

Shalom! Rowland Croucher