The Minister’s Reflection of Christ

Nathan is a member of Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. He wrote this essay for the Protestant Reformed Scholarship. The minister of the gospel is called to labor in the church of Christ. This calling is an important work because the church is the spiritual body of Jesus Christ. This important work requires a minister to labor diligently in his pastoral duties, and it requires the minister to have a certain love for his congregation. The work of the minister is...