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Originally Posted by PuritanCovenanter  My first Pastor Joe Gwynn whom I consider to be a true Modern day Puritan Pastor.
I would like to ask you if the Spurgeon college grads would be considered as not having been formally trained. Al Martin at Trinity doesn't hand out the sheep skins either.
BTW, I am not fully condoning the practice but do recognize that some men are called to Pastor that have not been formally trained. | Spurgeon and Al Martin's men have been trained by ministers of the word - I would not argue that you need a Seminary degree. However, men in the pastorate who have not been trained should certainly need to be the exception rather than the rule. IMO a man would have to have some confidence in his own ability to think he could step into the pastorate without a period of intense formal training.
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)
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