03-06-2008, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JOwen  Brothers,
I'm doing some research on the subject of pastors who did not receive traditional training, yet were used powerfully in the pastorate. I have thus far:
Lloyd-Jones, Spurgeon, and William Jay. Are there others that you know about in your reading that were not trained by a seminary?
Thanks! | You can start with the Apostles. "unlearned and ignorant men."
(Acts 4:13). 
Was D.L. Moody formally trained? We would disagree with him of course in much of his theology, but there is no denying he was very much used by God in his time.
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