He did not, however, withdraw from the public ministry.

Children usually accompany their parents and participate in the public ministry.

Stott announced his retirement from public ministry in April 2007 at the age of 86.

Second, she believed there was no scriptural reason to deny them a public ministry.

He is currently training to be a pastor at his local church, while still engaging in public ministry.

He has been involved in public ministry for nearly a quarter century.

And all this he accomplished in a public ministry that lasted just three and a half years!

Would a monastic life be more appropriate than public ministry?

Richard Baxter continued preaching in these churches for about a year until 1662, when he was forbidden by law from any further public ministry.

This chronology suggests Jesus' public ministry lasted three or two years.