How Do You Know If You’re Called to Ministry? (Martin Lloyd-Jones on the Pastoral Call)

Are You Called to Ministry? 5 Biblical Tests from Martin Lloyd-Jones

📄 Many Christians—especially young men—ask the same haunting question: “Am I called to ministry?”

In this video, Pastor Matthew Everhard walks through Martin Lloyd-Jones’ five biblical hallmarks of a true pastoral call, drawing from Preaching and Preachers and decades of pastoral experience. With faithful realism and deep encouragement, this video addresses the internal call, external confirmation, fear, inadequacy, and the final confirmation of the church.

As the great generation of faithful Bible preachers passes into glory, the church urgently needs a new generation of Reformed, gospel-centered pastors. Could God be stirring something in you?

In this video, you’ll learn:

What Martin Lloyd-Jones meant by a “disturbance in the realm of the spirit”

Why internal desire alone is not enough for a pastoral calling

How the church confirms a true call to ministry

Why fear and inadequacy may actually be signs of calling—not disqualifiers

Whether the famous advice “If you can do anything else, stay out of ministry” should still be applied today

Pastor Everhard also reflects personally on:

His own early sense of calling

25+ years in pastoral ministry

The beauty, cost, and glory of serving Christ as a pastor

Seminary training and preparation for ministry

About the Channel

This channel focuses on Reformed theology, pastoral wisdom, church life, and Christian living—all rooted in Scripture and historic Protestant Christianity.

📍 Matthew Everhard is a pastor at Gospel Fellowship PCA (north of Pittsburgh) and an adjunct professor at RPTS (Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary).

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