A prayer for pastors
Rev. William Langerak addresses the shortage of young people called to pastoral ministry in the Protestant Reformed Churches, arguing that the solution lies in fervent prayer to God as the Lord of the harvest. The article combines practical ecclesiology with theological reflection on divine providence, calling church members to intercede for God's provision of faithful ministers. This devotional piece offers both diagnosis of the problem and a spiritual remedy grounded in Reformed confidence in God's sovereign care.
This article was first written by the author for the PR Scholarship Committee when he was a seminary student and was published in the February 2003 Beacon Lights. With the permission of the magazine, we reprint this article, as relevant now as it was then. Rev. William Langerak, pastor of Trinity PRC in Hudsonville, Michigan An intriguing question has been raised by the 2002 Protestant Reformed Scholarship Committee: "Why isn't the position of minister desired by more young people?" This...
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