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

[StillStanding]

Steadfast, I obviously am not a pastor, but I must say that you are a true leader. True leaders make an art out of developing other people. I wish all pastors were like you!

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

Steadfast, I obviously am not a pastor, but I must say that you are a true leader. True leaders make an art out of developing other people. I wish all pastors were like you!

Amen!

Originally Posted by Berkeley

Never heard of this happening. In the church that I attended, bible college was frowned upon. "You will not learn anything in bible college that can't be learned at your home church."
"I think I'm called into the ministry." is always met with "we will pray about it together." The man is encouraged to be involved in other areas of ministry, sunday school.. etc.

Berkeley, I hate to bring you to 'my' reality but I tell many people when they come to me feeling a call to preach that "We will pray about it... get involved in other areas of ministry like Sunday School, Outreach, etc... and let's see if that satisfies the desire you have to be used of God." If that satisfies them then they obviously aren't called of God to preach.

It's those that are faithful in those 'other' areas and still have a passion to do more for God are usually the ones who are genuinely called to preach.

ANOTHER KEY MISTAKE I feel that we Pastors make is that we fail to teach that there are other viable, valuable ministries that have nothing to do with a pulpit or getting up in front of people! Because there are some that think that the preacher's role is a 'cure all' for every need they, by their silence about other ministries, promote the idea that the pulpit is the only place to be used of God. What an incredibly sad mistake!

As sad as it is that there are people who are genuinely called that never get training it's equally as sad that there are people in pulpits that should never have been taken there by a Pastor.

They just put them there because they, themselves, don't understand how important other ministries are.

Originally Posted by Pianoman

Steadfast, I obviously am not a pastor, but I must say that you are a true leader. True leaders make an art out of developing other people. I wish all pastors were like you!

Thank you, Pianoman... I do, sincerely, try to duplicate real Apostolic ministry in others. I made a vow to God years ago that, because someone took the time to help me, I would give my strength and experience to develop others who were genuinely hungry to do something for God.

Originally Posted by CareyM

Thank you for your reply. Just for the record, I meant no disrespect toward my pastor...this is all in the past. I appreciate the way you operate and it seems that you truely walk in the Spirit and feel after it. God bless!

I expected this was the way you felt... but wanted to clarify it in a post so that others would know that we weren't shooting at your - or anybody else's - Pastor.

Thanks for the compliment.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Steadfast

Berkeley, I hate to bring you to 'my' reality but I tell many people when they come to me feeling a call to preach that "We will pray about it... get involved in other areas of ministry like Sunday School, Outreach, etc... and let's see if that satisfies the desire you have to be used of God." If that satisfies them then they obviously aren't called of God to preach.

It's those that are faithful in those 'other' areas and still have a passion to do more for God are usually the ones who are genuinely called to preach.

ANOTHER KEY MISTAKE I feel that we Pastors make is that we fail to teach that there are other viable, valuable ministries that have nothing to do with a pulpit or getting up in front of people! Because there are some that think that the preacher's role is a 'cure all' for every need they, by their silence about other ministries, promote the idea that the pulpit is the only place to be used of God. What an incredibly sad mistake!

As sad as it is that there are people who are genuinely called that never get training it's equally as sad that there are people in pulpits that should never have been taken there by a Pastor.

They just put them there because they, themselves, don't understand how important other ministries are.

Good post, doc. :: thumbs up ::

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

I personally learned more from Hospital and Funeral Home visits than any other aspect of the ministry. This is an interesting thread.

[stmatthew]

Let me put a twist in this thread and asked a very sincere question.

What do you do with those older ministers that seemed to have fallen through the cracks in being trained? Those that attended churches where they were not cultivated and helped. Those that did not attend bible school. What do those older ministries do now that they have lost much of their youth, and have become discouraged in the fight?

[Tina]

Bumping this back to the first page... so that StMatt's question can be answered without this thread being lost

[Truthseeker]

Some pastors have made the church their business, not the house of God. This how we get these problems and family runned churches and passing the church unto their sons.