The lack of training for a minister is the exception and not the rule. There is no reason a minister should not be trained. I had been a minister for six years in an Arminian group, before I came into the Reformed faith. I had an undergraduate degree in the New Testament, but no seminary training. I went back to school and got my MDiv at Knox Seminary. I am glad I did. Presbyteries are starting to water down the standards and this is a shame. Any man, if he has a calling, can certainly go back and get some training. The average age of seminarians today is 35. I knew men at Knox who were in pastorates and worked hard to achieve an MDiv and they were not young men.

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Stephen Welch
PCA Teaching Elder
Nova Scotia :cheers: