Discerning Your Call by the Numbers

Discerning my call to ministry continues.  Over the summer I came up with a way of putting some ideas on paper and trying to define it by the numbers.  This has helped me in determining if a church may be a good fit for me.


You see it is not all about whether a church sees me as a good fit;  I must see them as a good fit for me.  The Holy Spirit is working for both sides to make a good match.
Sometimes after an initial interview, I have known immediately, that was not the church for me; sometimes it takes prayer and contemplation to discern whether it is a good fit or not.


Discerning Your Call by the Numbers

40% Do I feel God is calling me to this church/community?

15% prayer
15% listening for answers from Holy Spirit
10% love

30% Do I feel this church/community is the place I could do the most good in my ministry?
10% needs of the church/community
10% working with the church leaders
10% ability to do the job*

30% Looking ahead at the next decade of my life, would I be happy?

10% living situation
10% Sabbath opportunities
10% practical, medical, and other needs

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total 100%

~if total is under 65, do not take call

~hopefully total will at least be in the 80s

~if total is above 90, say yes!

*this number should be 9 or 10 (possibly 8 because of learning through first call) ~if number is under 8, do not take call.

©copyright by Leah E. Epps ~July 2019