If one can consider the work of the ministry like a minefield, there are three types of landmines that have caused the greatest casualties—females, finances and fame. Beware, therefore, of the three “f”s. Many good men have started out their pastoral ministries on a very promising note but failed to get far because of being blown into the sky by one of these landmines. They have either gone off with a strange woman, or been found in serious financial scandals or allowed their