Editing Vocation (section)

===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''.