Eleven-Year-Old Boy Ordained as Minister: Too Young... or Too Awesome?
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2012/06/22 21:00:00
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When Ezekiel Stoddard was ordained as a minister at the Fullness of Time Church in Capitol Heights, Maryland, last month it was a unique celebration -- one that turned heads and raised questions. Why? Because Ezekiel is just 11 years old. According to "Good Morning America," the son of two pastors decided to become a minister at this very young age when God spoke to him in a dream.
The young minister said, "God gave me that particular scripture [Psalm 23] because a lot of people, they try to draw you away from the Lord, trying to get you on the wrong path." When asked if people thought it was strange, he said, "People come to you, they ask you questions about why you should act like a child and not a minister. I do things like a child, but still I am a minister. I am an evangelical." But do you think Stoddard is too young to take on the role of a minister?

The young minister said, "God gave me that particular scripture [Psalm 23] because a lot of people, they try to draw you away from the Lord, trying to get you on the wrong path." When asked if people thought it was strange, he said, "People come to you, they ask you questions about why you should act like a child and not a minister. I do things like a child, but still I am a minister. I am an evangelical." But do you think Stoddard is too young to take on the role of a minister?

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My son was only 11 years ol when he became an alter server and took 'Confirmation Classes'. He enjoyed his church life but I would NEVER have allowed him to become ordained at such a young age.
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When God talks to You, it's called Schizophrenia"
Lily Tomlin
1 Timothy 3:1-3
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Overseers and Deacons
3 Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer,[Traditionally bishop--A senior member of the Christian clergy] he desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
1 Timothy 3:12-13
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well. 13 Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
James 3:1
Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.