My interest in this issue is that I took the decision not to go into full-time gospel ministry, but instead to remain in secular work so that I would always be in contact with non-Christians. The decision was driven during my student days, when I formed an excellent group of vehemently non-Christian friends, was strangely (in my view!) overlooked for any leadership role in the Christian Union, and then stood and was rather surprisingly (in my view!) elected President of the College Student Union. At this stage, I realised that I was unusual as a Christian in that I had many more non-Christian contacts than a ‘normal’ Christian, and the decision to enter secular employment was confirmed.