In the wake of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s death, AmericaPreachers.com has given some insight on what pastors deal with in regards to their inner pain. The job of a pastor, a real pastor is very taxing on the man of God...Philip Wagner offers insight into the six major struggles pastors face in the ministry and how to overcome them...

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According to ChristianPost.com, Dr. Land, who was a professor of Theology and Church History at Criswell College in Dallas, Texas, and received a Master of Theology degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, supports the gesture to keep talking and doing something to help.

In the meantime, we will keep Teddy Parker's family in our prayers.

In Wake of Pastor's Suicide, Richard Land Shares Advice on How Young Ministers Can Cope With Loneliness of Ministry

By Leonardo Blair , CP Reporter

One thing that Dr. Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Matthews, N.C., can tell you about Christian ministry after 51 years in it, is that "it's very lonely." And as pastors across America reel in the wake of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr.'s suicide on Sunday in Warner Robins, Ga., he shared some advice on how they can stay alive.

On Thursday, Dr. E. Dewey Smith Jr., pastor at The House of Hope Atlanta (Greater Travelers Rest) and longtime friend of Parker, revealed to...Read full article, here.



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Download the funeral program for the late Rev. Teddy Parker Jr. here.

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Rev. Teddy Parker Jr. was the pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church...News reports state he killed himself after Sunday service but actually the pastor told his wife and children to go ahead of him to church on Sunday morning. The family and church waited for him to come and preach but he never showed up...

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Evidently, this young pastor was dealing with some deep emotional issues. It's so sad, Pastor Teddy Parker was hurting so bad, he's left his wife and two daughters to live life without him.  In the news, we allegedly learned that Pastor Parker had been in the ministry since 22 years old, but we wonder if there was something else he could have done in his life.   

You know, some people take on being a pastor, because they want to make their parents and grandparents proud.  However, they know deep down inside, they are not fit nor called to be in that position.   Therefore, there is a possibility, Pastor Parker was depressed because he was pleasing other people and not doing what he really wanted to do. 

According to ChristianPost.com, Parker's longtime friend, Dr. E. Dewey Smith Jr., (senior pastor at Greater Travelers Rest) in Decatur, Ga. said, "He was suffering with manic depression and he had some emotional issues that he had been dealing with. [He was] in treatment, but he just couldn't step away from ministry."  

May Pastor Teddy Parker rest in peace and we are praying for his family.

Pastor Who Killed Self Battled Manic Depression, Struggled to Keep It Secret; Was Taking Medication, Had 'Physical Challenges'

By Leonardo Blair , CP Reporter

His family knew and were trying to help, but everyone else was in the dark about Pastor Teddy Parker's mental health struggles until he shot himself in his truck in the driveway of his home in Warner Robins, Ga., on Sunday.

"Everybody is just kind of stunned right now. I think a lot of people are just trying to understand why that happened. We're just praying to the Lord for guidance on this," Russell Rowland, one of...Read full article, here.



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Rev. Teddy Parker Jr. was the pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church...News reports state he killed himself after Sunday service but actually the pastor told his wife and children to go ahead of him to church on Sunday morning. The family and church waited for him to come and preach but he never showed up...

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GA Pastor Teddy Parker Jr Commits Suicide While Church Family Wait for Him to Come to Service | AT2W