Comments on: 14 Faults of the Church Relating to Ministry http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/archives/34 Finding Christ in the Mundane Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:08:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-5 admin Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:51:37 +0000 http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/?p=34#comment-5 My concern is not so much the passion of the ministers as the leaving of biblical qualifications for invented ones. I plan on going to seminary, however I see the system as very flawed. The Biblical qualifications are those that can only be seen and examined through the community of the church and too many outsource this responsibility to learning institutions alone, assuming a M.Div. makes someone automatically fit for service. Some integrate the church into this with things such as teaching churches, this brings the community of the church into the process which is where it should be, otherwise we are treating what it takes to be a Pastor like that of an engineer or a dentist. My concern is not so much the passion of the ministers as the leaving of biblical qualifications for invented ones. I plan on going to seminary, however I see the system as very flawed. The Biblical qualifications are those that can only be seen and examined through the community of the church and too many outsource this responsibility to learning institutions alone, assuming a M.Div. makes someone automatically fit for service. Some integrate the church into this with things such as teaching churches, this brings the community of the church into the process which is where it should be, otherwise we are treating what it takes to be a Pastor like that of an engineer or a dentist.

]]> By: -R http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-3 -R Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:07:50 +0000 http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/?p=34#comment-3 Amen brother, though I think it is on every person that is called be seek theological and ministerial training in order to make sure that they are prepared to the fullest to serve. I have known a few people that had passion to be ministers running out their ears who have gone to get the M. Div. and are now web designers and coffee shop managers. Passion comes and goes like the feeling of love in a marriage. The true test of calling is the ability and preparedness to minister when passion is the last thing you can find. (2 Peter 2:1-3) Amen brother, though I think it is on every person that is called be seek theological and ministerial training in order to make sure that they are prepared to the fullest to serve. I have known a few people that had passion to be ministers running out their ears who have gone to get the M. Div. and are now web designers and coffee shop managers. Passion comes and goes like the feeling of love in a marriage. The true test of calling is the ability and preparedness to minister when passion is the last thing you can find.

(2 Peter 2:1-3)

]]> By: Frank http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/archives/34/comment-page-1#comment-2 Frank Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:52:58 +0000 http://epiphaniesofacommonman.com/blog/?p=34#comment-2 Number 12 is so true! AS well as number 4! I really like your blogs Eric.....defend the truth for the Glory of God! Number 12 is so true! AS well as number 4! I really like your blogs Eric…..defend the truth for the Glory of God!

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