Father-Son Churches

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>  And is it only me or does anyone else notice that there are a lot of
> "family churches" where the Pastor's son(s) are ministers and what a
> coincidence, God called them to take over their dad's Church?

I'll comment on the churches I know about:

Life Tabernacle, Wichita Falls, TX -- asst totally unrelated to the pastor.

Euless (TX) 1st UPC -- when I was there the assts and other ministers
were totally unrelated, but last I heard his son-in-law, who is very
capable, has moved back so he might have been made an asst.  But I 
don't know.

Apostolic Life UPC (here in Champaign IL) -- asst is son-in-law.  Again,
he's very capable.

But I've noticed this trend too, and having a hereditary "Levitical" type
of thing can seem a little troubling.

Richard Masoner