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Originally Posted by Trouvere
Just look at this. How did I come upon this? I met a counselor who actually had a masters from Clemson but look at the ministers credentials they had.......
http://www.ordination4all.com/catalog.htm
Just think I could have had that reverend doctor title!
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That's just ordination. Not the same thing as having a degree.
As far as degrees go..we aren't talking about the Law or Chemestry..you don't need trig or calculus..
I believe many ministers just want the title to back up what they've already learned over the course of several years in practical application or self study. Call it a pride thing but in this day and age when people decide they'd rather go to a church down the street where "Dr Paul" is teaching, in order to compete you'll need to be both educated in biblical matters and have that title
Some people actually get a more indepth education which includes other topics such as languages, history and textual criticism. Unless you plan on being published in a major periodicals, teaching at Universities,translating your own bible and or publishing books...getting an extended Seminary education might just seem like a waste of time to many
Consider also that a full time Pastor has little time to go to a seminary full time for 10 years
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