Thus, I’ve certainly never personally known what it’s like to be the kid of a minister.
But, I’ve definitely known plenty of minister’s children.
Some embrace the faith of their parents. Many in fact.
Some rebel.
Some resent.
Some spiritually emancipate themselves.
I often wonder about the pressures put on minister’s kids.
A decade go it was a far greater concern since my offspring were growing up with a parent who was on staff at a church.
As I said above, I’ve seen some kids serve God faithfully and I’ve seen others be openly hostile to all things God and the church.
As my kids grow, even as I’m now - at most - only a volunteer at church, I can see the ways that they are beginning to respond to church.
But what about if it’s your grandparent who is the minister?
Is this a more fertile soil?
Is the relationship a child has with their grandparent more evangelistically conducive?
I believe it may be since your grandparent - without the 24/7 presence of a parent - can wield greater influence since they are free from the baggage of behind-closed-doors-hypocrisy.
Of course, grandparent are just as fallen and just as broken as the rest of us, but once they are at the arms-length of Nan or Pop, the witness they can have can be far more impactful.
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