Originally published in 1961, The Making of a Minister is Clarence E. Macartney's autobiography-the story of a man who was a great preacher, a Civil War scholar, a skilful and prolific writer, and the leader in the evangelical movement in its time of greatest crisis?.A 'minister's minister,' who, personifying the highest ideals of his calling, was also and foremost a 'folk' minister, with the compassionate heart of a true shepherd.