ps127v1 Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 102 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/14/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2008 What education level should one called to preach have to be a pastor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 my first thought is, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. my second thought is, we are ALL preachers, or should be, in our daily walk. however, my third thought is that you're talking about becoming an actual ordained minister. that really depends on the denomination and who is ordaining you, because the criteria varies from church to church. some churches may require you to go through seminary and get your m-div. others may ordain you with no formal education at all, if you meet whatever other criteria they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merin Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 432 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/22/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/05/1979 Share Posted May 1, 2008 What education level should one called to preach have to be a pastor? none...unless the church that you want to preach for says diferrent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan4257 Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 421 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2008 What education level should one called to preach have to be a pastor? Sufficient and not more than to be able to communicate the love of Jesus Christ effectively to those for whom one has been called by God to be their pastor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2008 In 1 Timothy 3:6, we read ... not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. We also find in 2 Peter 1:5-11 Fruitful Growth in the Faith But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Being a preacher is an honorable position and should be sought with much prayer. As for the educational qualifications ... anyone can get a license to preach and be ordained over the internet ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Press Forward Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 186 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/25/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2008 Carpenter is good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marnie Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 811 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 7,338 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 76 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/06/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 1, 2008 This has been beat to death here...and I recall being trounced by folks who don't think a Pastor should have any special education. My own personal conviction (me, not the Lord) is that the Pastor should be at least as educated as his congregation. In my last church, I was on the Pastor Search committee and our (educational) requirement was a minimum M.Div or equivalent because that particular congregation was highly educated. My present church is roughly the same demographic and my husband, also the pastor, has a Th.D. Which is handy, because they sure ask tough questions. When you consider the early church, while it is true the earliest of Pastors (Timothy Titus, Barnabas, Mark, Apollos) were not "seminary" educated, they weren't educational slouches, either. Some where trained by Paul, who was highly educated. Jesus Himself taught His Apostles, and He was a rabbi. So, I care a lot about the spiritual food I am being fed, and I prefer being fed by someone who is a "chef" and is able to prepare a spiritual feast, not somebody who is able only to toss a Swanson frozen dinner in the microwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Well, most folks I know aspire to go up, not down. No doubt a preacher must know the bible enough to be able to teach from it. Having some business sense doesn't hurt if folks expect him to actually run the church. And most definately leadership qualities, and that usually coincides with an education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps127v1 Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 102 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/14/2008 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 To go with education level, do you like a preacher that goes chapter by chapter and line by line or one who preaches topically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnForChrist Posted May 1, 2008 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 81 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 7 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/21/1990 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) my first thought is, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Amen! I wanter a preacher who dwells in the presence of God, He isn't afraid to preach truth, daily in scripture seeking out God, and Has had the Word of God burned in His heart. As far as education goes, its good to have a knowledge of church history, men of old, but we often put what is subordinate over that which is primarily important. Burn Edited May 1, 2008 by BurnForChrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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