The Calling of the Minister as Pastor (Graduation Speech)

As is obvious from the title, the topic assigned me deals with the minister's calling as Pastor. Not is the question, what is the minister's calling in the official proclamation of the Word. Rather the question concerns the task of the minister in regard to the pastoral labor. We do not mean by the above comments to say that these two (i.e. the minister's calling in the preaching and his calling in pastoral labor with individuals in the congregation) are not related. They are. In fact, they may...