Timothy was a apostle of Paul, and is one of Pauls closest friends and a spiritual son of Paul. Timothy was invited to go with Paul on his second missionary journey. Timothy was very important to Paul, because he eventually was one of Pauls right hand men. He helped Paul start many churches while on Paul's second missionary journey. Paul wrote to Timothy because Timothy was a young pastor that Paul was building up, at this time Paul was getting older and needed someone to help take over for him. One of the main struggles I feel like Timothy had was just like many young pastors today, the older congregation does not take very well to having a younger spiritual authority. I feel like this could hurt Timothy because even though he is the leader
