- Be in at least the eighth grade.
- Go on a visit with your pastor to a Bible study, a hospital visit, and a visit to a church member.
- Arrange with your pastor to attend a church board meeting and a church business meeting. Make a written report of your visits to both meetings.
- List the steps in church organization from the member to the General Conference and know their relationship to each other.
- Find out what your church spends money on and what percentage of the budget goes to what expenses.
- Write a report of an interview with your pastor using the following questions:
- What is your daily routine like?
- What is your weekly routine like?
- What education is required to become a minister?
- What education outside of theology would complement a minister?
- From what source is the pastor paid?
- What is the most rewarding part of your ministry?
- What is the hardest part of your ministry?
- What are beneficial vocations for a pastor’s wife?
- How did you know that God called you to the ministry?
- How would I know if God were calling me to the ministry?
- How do you do soul winning?
- How does evangelism enter into your soul winning?
- What advice would you give to someone who was thinking about becoming a minister?
- Do two of the following:
- Participate in the presentation of a Voice of Junior Youth series of meetings.
- Utilizing one of the several Bible Study programs, give a series of Bible Studies to another person in preparation for baptism.
- Make four hospital visits, presenting a devotional thought and prayer at each one.
- Give a sermon of at least 20 minutes in length.
- Give two evening and two morning devotionals for a campout.
- Give devotional worships for five days at a school.
- Attend 75% of the meetings of an evangelistic series. Obtain the following information each night:
- How the attendance compared to the topics presented
- How the attendance compared to the night of the week
For your choice of the above, a thorough preparation is needed. Where applicable, outlines or memorized material should be used. A reading of the presentation is not permitted.
- Through Bible and Spirit of Prophecy study, learn how Jesus treated crowds of people in ministering to them.
- Show that you have a personal daily devotional life for at least six months.
