Business meetings are sometimes conducted in ministers' homes. In many cases, PKs know the demands of the ministry as much as the minister. You have to be real personal with people. The phone rings all the time. The Rev. Buddy Lamb, pastor of Schomburg Road Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga., said these kinds of demands on his time can lead to the neglect of his family.
Parishioners call pastors at home with emergencies, and they're off and running.
Mealtimes often get interrupted, or ignored. Despite all the possible disadvantages, being a child of a minister does have its rewards, too, PKs report. There's also the esteem that goes with being in a family of clergy.