Baucham Jr., Family Shepherds, pp.68-69:
"As the number of paid religious professionals has risen in recent decades, there has been a corresponding decline in the urgency and consistency with which parents - and particularly fathers - have viewed themselves as the principle disciplers of their children. And why shouldn't this be the case? If the church hires a youth pastor, a senior high pastor, associates for high school and middle school (separate ones for boys and for girls), and children's pastor, and a preschool director - many of whom have specialized degrees in their field from reputable seminaries - then why should a father who has not titles, positions, or special training dare to take it upon himself to do what there men and women have spent years preparing for?...
... we're naive if we think the exponential growth in the number of "professionals" on staff at out churches hasn't had a deleterious effect on the average Christian's view of himself in the grand scheme of things."
