I think we should see this difficult decision as the result of a broken system. I do not mean to derail the thread here, and I know this has been discussed before but here are a few reasons why men are placed in this position.

1. The price of seminary education is outrageous.

2. The church has too often passed along the responsibility of educating its men to independent bodies.

3. Men are too often required to uproot their families and leave productive jobs in order to attend a far away seminary. Alternatives should be more readily available.

4. Churches are busy spending money on other things, instead of educating men for the ministry.

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Rev. Mark Koller, RPCGA minister (without call), North Little Rock, AR
my website: www.dailyreformation.wordpress.com

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"We not only go to heaven, but go to heaven triumphantly; not only get into the harbor, but come in with full sail!" Matthew Henry