The Paideia of God:
And Other Essays
[S]eminary education in the United States has become the realm of parachurch organizations…, governed more by the rules of the academy and various secular accrediting agencies than by the rules of the Church, which someone once said was the pillar and ground of the truth. No one disputes that parachurch organizations have done good and, in some instances, have done much good. But Christ is the head of the Church, and He did not leave the evangelization and discipleship of the world to freewheeling parachurch ministries. The fact that good has been done is a testimony to the goodness and mercy of God. But it is not a basis for us to continue with a system of ministerial education for the Church that is not conducted within the Church or effectively overseen by the Church.
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