Teen Preachers??
So tonight I happened to pick up todays newspaper and came across an article entitled "Teen Preachers Reach Out to Younger Peers in Tent Meetings". Upon reading it, I was struck in a weird way. It is awesome to see some young people becoming involved in ministry, but at the same time it scares me for a few reasons. First, it seems to me that they are way to young to be preaching and so without having heard the sermons, I am quite leery of their wisdom and understanding of the passages. This is not to say they are not sound, I just can't be sure from the few excepts the article included. But my major concern is why have kids take on such a high responsibility role when there are plenty of other ways to grow leadership in the generation of tomorrow. To have kids involved in the leadership of a ministry is a great way to grow the leaders of tomorrow, but to have kids take on the full responsibility of a ministry is not in my view the best way of accomplishing spiritual growth in the church. I even have my own doubts about what I might say if I were in a situation like that at this time in my life because the more time I spend with God and in His Word, the more I realize that I really will never comprehend everything there is to know about God.