Child preacher
Child preacher Uldine Utley, aged about 12
In some branches of Christianity, especially American pentecostalism, children are occasionally preachers, or even ordained ministers. The heyday of child preachers was in the 1920s and 1930s,[1] but a number of videos of modern-day child preachers can be seen on YouTube.[2]
One of the most prominent child preachers was Marjoe Gortner, who was the subject of the 1972 documentary Marjoe.
According to Randall Balmer, the appeal of having child preachers is in its novelty, making it "a kind of a carnival side-show".[1]
In 2012, when he was 11 years old, Ezekiel Stoddard was ordained as a minister in his family's non-denominational Fullness of Time Church, in Maryland.[3]
In 2011, National Geographic aired a documentary that featured a four-year-old preacher in the United Pentecostal Church International.[4][5]
And From 2017 a 14 years adolescent boy named Michael Santhosh, living in Sri kalahasti of India, is being famous for his debates and sermons in Christ Lutheran Church.
References
^ ab Hebblethwaite, Cordelia (29 August 2012). "The curious allure of child preachers". BBC News. Retrieved 17 May 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Harris, Dan; Murphey, Chris (16 August 2012). "Boy Preacher, 11, Says Skeptics Make Him 'More Determined to Stay in Christ'". ABC News. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-19259774/ezekiel-stoddard-11-year-old-preacher-and-minister
^ Walsh, Stephen (17 August 2011). "Documentary shines light on pint-sized preachers". CNN. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Pint-Sized Preachers". National Geographic. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
