Download or read book Called and Ordained written by Todd W. Nichol and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is ministry? And how are we to understand the distinctive ecclesiastical office known as ordained ministry? With clarity and insight, this book takes the discussion behind the current impasse between functional and ontological definitions. The contributors provide a distinctively American and ecumenical proposal that is consistent with the confession of justification by faith alone.