Are you a minister? (Jesus, priest, ritual, attending, preacher)

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by *Paul*

I don't agree that they need to be educated, certainly not in the way that passes for education now,

Certainly not, if they are to thoughtlessly regurgitate what they have been told all of their lives by the church.


[quote] some of the most gifted preachers and teachers of the past have been without any kind of formal education, they were just full of the Holy Ghost.
Take John Bunyan, his works have born so much fruit and he held his own theologically in court and in prison under interrogation, John Owen said he was one of the best theologians he had read, he was just a poor man who was converted and the regenerating power of God equipped him for God's purpose.

Can you name any others? It seems to me that John Bunyan is by far the exception to the rule.

I disagree that thinking has proven fatal to protestantism, but applying the wisdom of the world above Christ the Wisdom of God has.

Like I said, thinking has proven fatal to Protestantism.

[*Paul*]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

Can you name any others? It seems to me that John Bunyan is by far the exception to the rule.

Samuel Morris. Remember the early church such as in acts had no seminarires, the criteria was very different as listed by Paul in his pastoral letters.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by *Paul*

Samuel Morris. Remember the early church such as in acts had no seminarires, the criteria was very different as listed by Paul in his pastoral letters.

[sojourner]

I'm the parish pastor of a congregation in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), having come out of the Episcopal Church.

[Somkid]

I am ordained in the USA (and China for what that's worth). I have completed clinical pastoral education earning my board certification as a chaplain. I served as a hospital chaplain for 8 years 1 year as an intern 2 years as a resident and 5 years as a staff chaplain. I finished my inter faith DD in 1999 however I am currently a professor of philosophy and religion having finished my Ph.D. in philosophy in 2002. I'm Buddhist and I would say I was tolerated in Pennsylvania (where I'm originally from) at best so I moved to Thailand where I am excepted with opened arms.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Somkid

I am ordained in the USA (and China for what that's worth). I have completed clinical pastoral education earning my board certification as a chaplain. I served as a hospital chaplain for 8 years 1 year as an intern 2 years as a resident and 5 years as a staff chaplain. I finished my inter faith DD in 1999 however I am currently a professor of philosophy and religion having finished my Ph.D. in philosophy in 2002. I'm Buddhist and I would say I was tolerated in Pennsylvania (where I'm originally from) at best so I moved to Thailand where I am excepted with opened arms.

Cool. Where (at which school) did you get your DD and Phd?

[Somkid]

My DD is from Boston University and my Ph.D. is from Princeton University however I managed not to develop a Boston or New Jersey accent. My BS is in psychology and my masters degree is in theology which I studied at The University of Pennsylvania. I completed clinical pastoral education at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHC) in Allentown Pennsylvania which is also where I did my internship and was invited to stay on to do my residency. This summer when we have a break in semesters at the university where I work I plan to study Indian philosophy at The University of Mumbia (Bombay University) in India. I plan on studying more Chinese philosophy in the near future and I plan on going to Beijing University for that but we will see how long my money lasts. I'm one of those people that would be a career student if I had the financial resources.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Somkid

My DD is from Boston University and my Ph.D. is from Princeton University however I managed not to develop a Boston or New Jersey accent. My BS is in psychology and my masters degree is in theology which I studied at The University of Pennsylvania. I completed clinical pastoral education at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHC) in Allentown Pennsylvania which is also where I did my internship and was invited to stay on to do my residency. This summer when we have a break in semesters at the university where I work I plan to study Indian philosophy at The University of Mumbia (Bombay University) in India. I plan on studying more Chinese philosophy in the near future and I plan on going to Beijing University for that but we will see how long my money lasts. I'm one of those people that would be a career student if I had the financial resources.

You already are a career student