In his commencement address and charge to graduates of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on 7 December 2012, Dr. Albert Mohler emphasized the importance of the calling of a man to be an under-shepherd of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ:
They are called to the tenderest of callings — to feed lambs. They are called to the most pastoral of vocations — to tend a flock. But they are also called to the most courageous of assignments — to protect the flock from its enemies and to wage spiritual warfare in the name of the Good Shepherd, who “shepherds his flock in the strength of the Lord.”