THE TRUE MINISTRY Part 1 (Hardcover Special Edition)

We previously published portions of this book in several smaller PDF versions (part 1 and part 2), which we no longer are offering but which are included in this book: this NEW Part 1 book includes both of the previous PDF books (parts 1 and 2) as well as a large amount of additional material. Bro. Baer intends to complete a NEW Part 2 and a Part 3 (both with material never before published) in the near future.

This book (Part 1) is:

A study of the true, biblical, New Covenant ministry, comprehensively and biblically examined in all areas, from being called to the ministry, to being qualified or disqualified for the ministry, to the offices of the ministry, to proper and improper ministerial methods, and much more. Taken from The Baer Truth podcast, this (still ongoing) series has had more than 150,000 downloads as of the publication of this series. The original notes from the classes on this subject were reformatted into a readable, book form, and a great deal of additional material (not in the original classes) was added.

THE TRUE MINISTRY Part 1 includes a comprehensive biblical and practical study of:

• The Calling and Commissioning of Minister
  • Types of "calls" in the Bible
  • Being fully faithful to our calling
  • Being called, chosen, and commissioned
  • A calling versus a commission
  • Callings versus career choices
• Acceptable and Unacceptable Methods of Entering the Ministry
• My Personal Ministerial Testimony, Experiences, and History of God's Calling
• Biblical Ordination
• Evidences of a True Calling
• Organizational or Denominational Ministerial Licensing and Certification (and why both are unbiblical and potentially ungodly)
  • Denominational seminaries as "cemeteries" and "sausage factories"
• Ministerial Preparation: Preparing the Heart and Mind to Serve in the Ministry
• Ministerial Preparation: Growth and Development in the Spirit of God
• Ministerial Preparation: Studying and Hiding the Word of God in the Heart
  • Types of Bible studies
  • Methods of Bible study
  • Tools for Bible study
  • Bible memorization
• Ministerial Preparation: Growth and Development in the Work of the Ministry
• Ministerial Preparation: Growth and Development in the Spirit of the Ministry
• The Sanctity, Integrity, and Intended Incorruptibility of the Ministry
  • Hungering and thirsting for righteousness
  • The necessity of order and authority counterbalanced by integrity and accountability
  • Divine hierarchal order versus carnal political structures, men-pleasing ministerial promotion, and the usurpation of power
  • Purging out rather than perpetuating polluted means and methods
  • Avoiding the creation and maintenance of methods of order, operations, or environments that encourage or allow for the presence of carnality and corruption
  • Avoiding the idolization of and improper submission to human leaders
  • Avoiding the instigation of fear of the ministry as a mechanism to control the people
  • Being incorruptible in our interactions with others
  • The keys to a pure ministry
  • Judging corrupted men and conditions decisively and consistently
  • Six areas of spiritual corruption in the church that are the responsibility of the ministry (to be avoided and not encouraged
• Ministerial Position and Authority: Putting the Ministry in its Proper Place
  • The ministry is the earthly, visible arm of the divine government of the church
  • Different offices and positions in the ministry with different degrees of authority and ability
  • The biblical leadership structure of the church
  • Titles used for the ministry in the New Testament
  • Unbiblical and inappropriate roles for a minister to assume or presume to hold or that are potentially perverted conceptions of a minister’s position and purpose
• Ministerial Etiquette and Interaction with other Ministers and between the Ministry and Laity