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Originally Posted by natewood3  My desire is to teach theology. I am currently in the M.Div program at SBTS, with an emphasis in Biblical and Theological Studies (which is lots of Greek and Hebrew and theology classes, in case you are not familiar with it). I am finishing my second semester on campus. |
Excellent! If I were a young man like you I'd be in the classes with you!!
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The problem is that we BOTH want to have kids soon. I am 24, and she will be 23 in July. I don't want to wait to have kids too much longer.
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You can take this advice and pitch it out the window but if I were you I'd wait to have children until at least you have gotten your M.Div.
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I don't want my wife to have to work.
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I respect that. A difficult thing to do in our time, depending on how much you make. Obviously you are accomplishing that now.
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Thus, it feels like there is almost no way I can do a Ph.D. and have kids and my wife not work, but I know there are peple who do it.
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I know of men who have gotten Ph.D.s and had a wife and children, but I don't know if there wives worked. It will take great sacrifice and hard work. Though difficult I think you can do it if you start planning now.
<<My former college professor has advised me NOT to get dual degrees, but to move outside at least SBC school's for my Ph.D.>>
If you are going to teach in a Southern Baptist college you'll be alright, but I wouldn't for a moment tell you to discount the counsel of your college mentor. However, the situation you have described makes a Ph.D. from a SBC seminary very attractive. You will save a great deal of money.
Pray up, count the cost, make the commitment....whatever it may be.