Giving our sons as pastors

Our pastors and professors have repeatedly sounded an urgent plea for preachers, a need that has been expressed for several years now. We know the need and sincerely pray this petition. Yet there is another common reaction among us:  “Who would ever encourage their son to be a minister in times like these?”  This cry has been echoed in our church parking lots, uttered by our mothers, and whispered in our homes. Who would ever give their son to endure such scrutiny from without and from within?...