Here are my personal thoughts on the subject of retirement:

1. I work as an assistant manager. Will I retire from that position? Yes.

2. I am pastor of a church. Will I retire from the pastorate? No. At least I don't intend to. As I am able I will be a pastor to the day I die, God willing.

Dying in the pulpit while preaching would be fine with me

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Ivan Schoen, Pastor * Maranatha Baptist Church, Poplar Grove, IL * http://maranatha-sbc.org/

"I want to assist churches and to assist pastors in training pastors. But, after fourteen years of service in this capacity, I am absolutely certain that the finest theological seminary on earth is absolutely incompetent at replicating the actual life of a Gospel congregation. I want to train a generation of pastors who will train pastors, and I want to help them in that task." --- Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President of THE Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY