Traver's Ordination

This past weekend, September 28 & 29th, 2013, I was ordained by our sending church,
Pine Forest Estates Baptist Church, in Pensacola, FL. The questioning council was held Saturday from 8:30-11:00 and the actual services was Sunday evening.

The day of the questioning, I was more than a little nervous leading up to it as I paced back in forth in the fellowship hall snacking on the goodies that were set out for everyone. As it came time to begin the questioning, Amy was able to sit with me for a brief moment as she gave her testimony and then she took her seat with my mom in the pews behind me.

The following 2 1/2 hours were some of the most humbling hours of my life. Everything I knew (and thought I knew) was thoroughly questioned. We went through my doctrinal statement which I had prepared. Most of the questions were practical application of the beliefs listed in that statement. I was relieved when it was finally over.

Sunday was the easy part. We sat and listened to a charge to the candidate (me) from Dr. Karl Stelzer, one of my teachers from school who was on the ordination council. Then there was a charge to the church from our pastor, Mike Davis. The night concluded with the church ordaining us to the gospel ministry.


Here are some more pictures from the evening: