Just last month, Ezekiel Stoddard, 11, of Temple Hills, Md., was ordained as a minister in his family's independent Pentecostal church, where his parents are also pastors.
Stoddard said he was motivated to become a minister after God spoke to him in a dream and told him to read Psalm 23.
"God gave me that particular scripture because a lot of people, they try
to draw you away from the lord, trying to get you on the wrong path,"
he said.
"People come to you, they ask you questions about why you should act
like a child and not a minister," the young minister said. "I do things
like a child, but still I am a minister. I am an evangelical."
Stoddard was ordained in a congregation-wide ceremony on May 6, with his parents leading the service.
His mother, Pastor Adrienne Smith, says her son preaches the 11 a.m.
service with the other preachers at the Fullness of Time Church, a small
but growing congregation in Capitol Heights, Md.
He has also preached at churches around the Maryland region.
Samuel was just a boy when he heard God's voice. Nobody is too young to be used by God. I pray he stays in HIS presence forever. He's really cute.
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