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How has your denominational or theological background shaped your understanding of calling?
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In the last fifteen or twenty years my denomination has begun to teach about calling as it pertains to ministry, specifically the pastor/teacher, evangelist and exhorter. With the exception of being called into a relationship with God, and the preaching/teaching and exhorter ministries, I have been totally confused about calling. This lecture has given me a better understanding of the concept of calling.
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I was born into 2 denominations, Baptist and Methodist. Baptised in the Presbyterian church. Married a once-upon-a-time Catholic. Spent 30+ years in a spiritual wilderness, then was drawn back to a awesome Methodist community. I have known since I was a teen that I was on a path, but it was not until the pandemic that I responded to the call that had been a gentle whisper throughout my years in the wilderness, so I don’t really feel for me that it’s a denominational thing.
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I am shaped through and through because of my denomination. It bears all to who and who’s I am. In connection to this I choose to work with At-Risk Youth and Youth Groups. I am determined to continue to make a difference and through my heart I believe that this is my “Calling”.
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I was raised as a child in one denomination, saved as a teen in another, and when I married we settled into another. It was a teen that a missionary speaker spoke at a church service when I really felt the Lord captured my heart for service in overseas missions. It was the study of God’s Word through 21 years of Bible Study Fellowship (as a course member, Children’s Leader, Children’s Supervisor, and Substitute Teaching Leader) that I really shaped my understanding of calling.
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The denomination where I belong shaped my understanding of calling through the different teachings I have heard from my pastors. Similarly, the foundations of the church where I belong emphasize the different ways and means by which “calling” can be addressed.