Preparatory Studies

Lectures and readings in English.

1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

   • A Call to the Ministry 1-5 Albert Martin 5 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Albert Martin (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • Call to Ministry 1-4 J.I. Packer et al. 4.5 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): J.I. Packer (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • A Case for the Call 1-3 Mark Johnson 2 h Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Mark Johnson (subscription not established).

   Total: 11.5 hours

2. Reading Read:

   • Address to Students of Divinity (first section of A Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion) John Brown of Haddington 16 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • Scripture Doctrine of a Call to the Work of the Gospel Ministry W.S. Plumer 50 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • The Qualifications of the Christian Ministry (pp. 35-46 of “The Christian Ministry”) Charles Bridges 12 pp. Open source Doctrinal Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Charles Bridges (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
   • The Importance of a Thorough and Adequate Course of Preparatory Study for the Holy Ministry Samuel Miller 58 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • An Address to Candidates for the Ministry Archibald Alexander 46 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • The Religious Life of Theological Students B.B. Warfield 14 pp. Open source Doctrinal
   • The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry Gilbert Tennent 20 pp. Open source Doctrinal

   Total: 216 pages

3. 2. Assignment Complete: James Nisbet's Spiritual Checklist. Answer all 31 questions. Based upon these questions and your answers to them, write a personal evaluation identifying your strengths as well as areas where growth is needed. The evaluation should be a minimum of one page in length and presented to your mentor for grading.

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4. 3. Assignment Present to your mentor a written summary of your own personal call to ministry. The summary should include pertinent quotes from the lectures and reading material (cited according to MLA formatting). The summary should be a minimum of 1 page in length.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.