WINGO, Ky. — At a stage in life when most people are settling into retirement, 66-year-old Forrest Ivy is launching a new career as a Kentucky Baptist pastor.
“This world needs the gospel, and I’m not going to allow my age to stop me from sharing it,” Ivy said. “I’d hope no one would ever use age as an excuse for not serving Jesus. The need for pastors has never been greater than now, so instead of quitting at Social Security age, we need to be doubling down.”
As a long-haul trucker, Ivy crisscrossed the U.S. in an 18-wheeler, listening to sermons and Bible studies and sharing the gospel one-on-one in truck stops from Virginia to California.
As he felt the Lord call him toward ministry, he weighed the excuses to refuse, but the multitudes of lost and hurting people who need the hope of Christ were the reason he said yes.
Now pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Wingo, Kentucky, Ivy says he won’t retire from ministry. “I want to spend every moment I have left serving Jesus,” Ivy said. (BP)
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