Dennis M. Campbell

Have you ever felt a tug deep inside to serve other human beings with work that matters? Written forall Christians of any affiliation, this primer challenges readers to think seriously about the nature, role, and work of ordained ministry in the church. This wise book will help you: recognize the importance of choices about theological education; understand the servant role of the ordained minister; identify the unique work and activities of the ordained minister; and clarify the types of ministers who are sought by various churches."

This is a Spanish translation of Dennis Campbell's "The Yoke of Obedience." This important text explores the meaning of ordination and ministerial identity in the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition. A historical and Biblical overview of called leadership is followed by an analysis of John Wesley's understanding of a person's entrance into the ordained ministry of the Church. This title's availability in Spanish allows it to contribute to the urgent conversation around ministerial identity in the Spanish-speaking world.

The title of this volume is as old as the Wesleyan movement and apt for the very latest Methodist theological self-designation.Marks of Methodism points back to John Wesley himself and to his efforts to define the movement.Such marks or hallmarks prescribe a basis for Methodist identity, purpose, and unity.They also serve to differentiate Methodists from other Christians, to sketch the boundaries of our movement, and to mark us off.Marks also invite attention to the conjunction of precept and practice, to the considerable recent affirmation of practices as the traditioning and corporate bearers of Christian faithfulness and witness; and therefore as the ground of theology and doctrine, and to Methodist embodiment of and featuring of traditioning practices long before that became fashionable. These marks point to an understanding of church, a doctrine of the church, an ecclesiology, embedded in the everyday structures, policies, organizations, and patterns of Methodist life."