Better Training for a Better Clergy
Time was when a young clergyman could expect his first pulpit to be a rural clapboard church whose faithful accorded him and his preaching unquestioning respect. Today, he is more apt to find himself confronted with spiritual drift in suburbia or explosive hatred in an urban ghetto—and every-where by growing skepticism about the value of religion. Last week the American Association of Theological Schools published a study that bluntly accused most Protestant seminaries of being ill-equipped to train clergymen for ministering to today's world.
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