In Favor of Church-Based Pastoral Formation – Part 3

#3 An Ecclesiological Argument By ecclesiological, I mean that which touches on the structure and make-up of the church. Certain models of pastoral formation honor and uphold a biblical ecclesiology, and others threaten it to varying degrees. In favor of church-based pastoral formation, the ecclesiological argument is simple: pastoral formation is the responsibility of the

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Faithful Men: The Misnomer of Seminary

The word seminary comes from the Latin seminarium and its original meaning is seed plot or seed bed. The use of the term to refer to clerical formation apparently began in the Catholic counter-reformation of the 16th century. During a resurgence of the Roman Catholic Church in England under Mary Tudor, the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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Can Pastoral Formation be Considered Missions?

Can pastoral formation and theological education be considered missions? After all, missions is about the fulfillment of the Great Commission: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

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