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Originally Posted by westminken  I did not see the last comment before posting my reply.
My concern is not the qualifications of the church. Where better to be equipped for the ministry than in the church. Before you can shepherd the flock, you have to be one of the flock. My concern is related to the willingness of the local church itself. Under your theory, you felt ideally it would have to be a group effort rather than a lone church effort. That I totally agree with. I am thinking, as an example, of churches that feel in this particular stage of their life that training candidates is not a high priority and thus truly called men have no options in their local congregation other than seminary or search out another church that would be willing to train them.
Just food for thought. Personally I wish "the Log College" system was still considered viable. |
Interesting you should mention "the Log College." As I was reading through the opening post, and the next couple, my thoughts turned to the Log College of the days of William Tennent.
Bill--
Have you read Alexander's book,
The Log College? Your thoughts on mentorship seem ideally suited to that type work. There was, from what I have read, such wonderful hands on, one to one mentorship in those days. And the quality of ministers which came from the Log College has yet to be equalled in history.
Of course, as history as shown, such approach seems to "evolve" (if I may use that word here) into the seminary system.
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