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| − | The '''minister's son''' is relatively rare in numbers (less than one in many tens of thousands), yet extraordinarily productive in accomplishment. This is even more true of missionary families. | + | The '''minister's son''' is relatively rare in numbers (less than one in many tens of thousands), yet extraordinarily productive in accomplishment. |
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| − | According to the organization Worldwide Challenge:
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| − | {{cquote|In a study listed in [[Who's Who]], it took 5,000 [[Presbyterian]] ministers to produce one child listed in Who's Who. Among lawyers the ratio was 5,000 to 1; dentists 2,500 to 1. But for every seven Christian missionary families from the United States, one of their children would be listed in Who's Who.<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>}}
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| | Some examples of minister's sons are: | | Some examples of minister's sons are: |
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| | *[[Robert Noyce]], co-inventor of the [[integrated circuit]], son of a Congregational minister. | | *[[Robert Noyce]], co-inventor of the [[integrated circuit]], son of a Congregational minister. |
| | *[[Bernhard Riemann]], the most brilliant modern mathematician, son of a Lutheran pastor. | | *[[Bernhard Riemann]], the most brilliant modern mathematician, son of a Lutheran pastor. |
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| | + | Achievement is even higher among children of missionaries: |
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| | + | According to the organization Worldwide Challenge: |
| | + | {{cquote|In a study listed in [[Who's Who]], it took 5,000 [[Presbyterian]] ministers to produce one child listed in Who's Who. Among lawyers the ratio was 5,000 to 1; dentists 2,500 to 1. But for every seven Christian missionary families from the United States, one of their children would be listed in Who's Who.<ref>http://www.wwcmagazine.org/1997/call.html</ref>}} |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | <references/> | | <references/> |