Ying Yee: From "Doing a Jonah" to Pastoral Ministry
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Ying Yee is the Pastor of Chinese Christian Church (CCC), Milson’s Point. He has been the pastor there for 30 years.
In Ying’s story we explored:
- How Ying “did a Jonah” to eventually return to convictions about ministry
- Working in Taxation to needing to iron out some character issues
- The challenges of overcoming his parents disapproval
- Why the idea that you always have to do work before vocational ministry may be more middle class rather than biblical
- What it was like getting taken off a ministry position
- Three types of people who may be thinking of going into ministry
Podcast Timings:
Ying’s Story - (0:37-32:35)
Paddy and Aaron Reflections - (32:35-49:56)
Resilience & humility when pushing through ministry challenges - (32:35-34:30)
Avoiding unrealistic expectations about ministry - (34:32-37:35)
Navigating dating & singleness when pursuing ministry - (37:35-45:40)
Avoiding unrealistic expectations about ourselves - (45:55-49:56)
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