The Pastorate Podcast Jon Thompson on Discovering, Embracing, and Sustaining Your Pastoral Calling
What anchors a pastor when leadership gets hard—and how do you know you’re truly called?
In this honest and insightful episode, Jon Thompson, Lead Pastor of Sanctus Church, joins Jason Ballard to explore the foundations of pastoral calling. Drawing from biblical models and his own journey, Jon outlines four distinct ways God calls leaders and why knowing yours changes everything.
He shares how his early assumptions about calling were reshaped by scripture, why love and obedience are central to sustaining ministry, and how clarity of calling brings freedom from comparison.
Key Takeaways:
– The 4 biblical models of calling and how to identify yours
– Why clarity in calling brings spiritual authority and longevity
– How love and obedience protect and sustain your ministry
– The freedom that comes when you stop comparing callings
This episode offers pastors and leaders a fresh framework for understanding their calling—and an invitation to walk with confidence in what God has uniquely assigned them to do.
Biography
Jon Thompson serves as the Senior Pastor at Sanctus Church (formerly C4 Church), just outside of Toronto, Canada. He has been on staff for more than 20 years. Sanctus is a regional church with a community of over 3,000 people that gather in multiple locations in the Greater Toronto area. Under Jon’s leadership, Sanctus is characterized by dynamic Biblical teaching, vibrant community groups, compelling media and powerful times in worship. Jon has a Masters of Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary, Toronto and a Doctorate of Missiology from Fuller Seminary, California. Jon is husband to his wife Joanna and Father to three kids - Hannah, Emma and Noah.
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