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Originally Posted by dizzyde
I've had problems with the licensing process for a long time. It is more than a little scary to me how these young men are given a ministerial license with very little training or education, and then sent off with very little follow up.
a lot of times these guys go off to small towns and pastor churches with no one really overseeing what is going on. Granted, there are presbyters to step in when there are problems or complaints, but most of the time they are pastoring largely uneducated (Biblically or otherwise) congregations, who really don't know what the proper boundaries should be.
It sets up a situation that is ripe for ministerial abuse, and I have seen it happen many times, some times in relatively harmless ways, and others that are definitely more harmful.
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I might think that a larger issue would be the licensing of someone who
does have training, is sent off to pastor a church, and despite the training is
still a complete idiot.