Pastors: How Seriously do you take the Training of Young Ministers?

[Joelel]

Originally Posted by Steadfast

Okay folks... in the midst of so many substance defunct threads let's try something significant to all those precious Saints that feel a call of God on their lives.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not against Bible College. I've spoken in all but one of our colleges and have no axes to grind with those that have, are or will be attending Bible College.

Having said that I have to admit that one of my greatest pet peeves is to see young men come to their Pastors feeling a call to preach only to be told "Okay, go to Bible College". Again, I'm not against Bible College but I think many Pastors see Bible College as an easy way to get out of the effort it requires to train young ministers.

I have 19 preachers who are (a) in training in my Church, (b) Pastoring, (c) Evangelizing, (d) full time Assistant Pastors and (e) retired Pastors who call me 'Pastor'. Obviously this means that I have spent serious time dealing with them, training them and opening doors for them to be around other viable ministries that come through our Church.

I tread softly here because I don't want to be perceived as attacking the role of a Pastor. I cherish my own Pastor and hold in the highest regard those precious Patriarchs that walk in Apostolic ministry and hold the Apostolic message as sacred. However, I'm literally shocked by the number of Pastors who feel absolutely no responsibility to work with young ministers in their Churches. In my travels I have heard such things as:
> "I came up the hard way and if they are going to be tough they need to come up the hard way, too!"
> "He came to me and told me he was called to preach so I told him to get a trailer he could evangelize in and get out of here!"
> "I was called to preach to Saints... not babysit immature preachers."

QUESTION A / PASTORS: How many of you Pastors take mentoring young ministers seriously and what are some of the things you do to teach and train them.

QUESTION B / MINISTERS: What things did your Pastor do that seemed to help you the most as you were maturing in ministry?

A called preacher don't need training.The Holy Ghost speaks.

Originally Posted by Joelel

A called preacher don't need training.The Holy Ghost speaks.

Methinks thou blowest much smoke!

[Joelel]

Originally Posted by Steadfast

Methinks thou blowest much smoke!

That's the whole problem,the Holy Ghost don't move alot of preachers,that's why they need training wheels.

[PastorD]

Originally Posted by Joelel

A called preacher don't need training.The Holy Ghost speaks.

Hmm...you wouldn't have gotten far with J.T.P.

Originally Posted by PastorD

Hmm...you wouldn't have gotten far with J.T.P.

I can almost hear him clearing his thoat before his said a few precise words to 'expound the way of the Lord more perfectly'!

[Joelel]

Originally Posted by PastorD

Hmm...you wouldn't have gotten far with J.T.P.

Maybe not but the Holy Ghost took me a long way for about 37 yrs.Guess most don't know what it's like to be controled by the Holy Ghost.

[Rev]

Originally Posted by PastorD

Hmm...you wouldn't have gotten far with J.T.P.

If you came out from under him then you should know Bro. Massengale. What a jewel he was.