Editing Vocation (section)

==Distinctions among different denominations==
===Catholicism and Orthodoxy===
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In both the [[Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Churches]], a candidate to the [[diaconate]] and [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] is referred to as being called to this service in the Church. The term is also used for those in [[consecrated life]].

===Protestant churches===
In [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches, the decision of a church to invite for appointment a particular minister - to "invite in due form to the pastorate of a church (Presbyterian or Nonconformist)" ([[OED]]) may be referred to as a ''call'', such as ''extending a call to so and so'', and is first cited from 1560 by the OED.<ref>OED, "call", 6b</ref> In [[Evangelicalism]], the sense of deliberate purpose before God is generally an expected part of the choice to seek ministerial work in the first place and is often referred to as a ''calling'' or ''call''.

===Latter-day Saints===
[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] describes a calling as "a duty, position, or responsibility in the Church that is issued to a member by [[Priesthood (LDS Church)#Priesthood leadership callings|priesthood leaders]].... [it is] an opportunity to serve."<ref>{{cite web|title=Calling |url=http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/calling |work=Glossary |publisher=[[LDS Church]] |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509080535/http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/glossary/glossary-definition/calling |archive-date=May 9, 2009 }}</ref> The church uses a lay [[Clergy#Latter-day Saints|clergy]], with most members receiving no compensation for the execution of their callings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Ludlow | first=Daniel H. | title=Clergy | url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5607 | date=1992 | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] | publisher=[[Brigham Young University]] | access-date=2009-05-05 }}</ref> Prominent church leader [[J. Reuben Clark]] said, "In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve but how. In the [church], one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines."<ref>{{cite web | last=Oaks | first=Dallin H. | author-link=Dallin H. Oaks | title=I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go| url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2002/11/ill-go-where-you-want-me-to-go?lang=eng | date=2002-11-01 | work=[[Liahona (magazine)|Liahona]] | publisher=[[LDS Church]] | access-date=2009-05-05 }}</ref> Prior to beginning service, a person is presented to church membership for a [[common consent|sustaining vote]] to that calling.<ref name = EOM>Brian L. Pitcher, [https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Callings "Callings"] in ''[[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]]''.</ref> The person is then [[setting apart (LDS Church)|set apart]] to serve in the calling by the [[laying on of hands]].<ref name = EOM/>