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Bible College, or Liberal Arts University for their
education. This has been justified as the “best we can do”
for our young person, since our primary model for
education has been the centralized, government accredited
programs that many pastors had to suffer with.
Since there have been few, if any alternatives, the
conscientious local church pastor would honestly attempt to
assist the young person to make an informed decision as to
which would be the best institution to attend.
Unfortunately, horror stories are only too often the result.
The stories include the stark reality that the once tender and
hungry student in the local church becomes unteachable at
best, and all too often they never return to the local church
from which they came.
The causes of this phenomenon are many. They
include the liberal agenda found in even the most
conservative of regional colleges and universities. But this
is only part of the problem. Add to this the agenda of the
academic community at large, which has advocated the
separation of the head from the heart, the Word from the
Spirit. The focus of the regional school has only been the
education of the mind, leaving little room for the training of
the man and woman of God for the dynamics of a Spiritfilled
ministry in a local assembly. Some notable quotes
from a few expert resources might help to clarify just how
problematic this situation truly is.
There have been four consequences to the scholastic,
academic focus of seminaries:
1. The separation of Head from Heart.
2. The separation of Theological Education from
Church Life and Ministry.
3. The Seminary has come to be viewed as a poor
investment for ministry preparation.
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