relationships with potential life partners who didn’t share their call. One woman told me, “God has called me to give my life in China. Leaving my boyfriend over that issue was the single hardest decision I have ever made.” A young man sobbed deeply as he told of being dumped by his high-school sweetheart after God called him during college to be a pastor. These parameters aren’t just relational. One friend reported, “God has called me to be a bivocational pastor, so I cannot accept offers from larger churches