Bill Easums Observations

For a long time I’ve encouraged would be pastors not to go to seminary. You can find a long chapter I wrote on the subject over ten years ago called Seminaries: Strangled by Creeping Vines .

Here is a short excerpt:“I keep getting asked if I really mean it when I say that seminary training is a waste of time. Yes, I mean that, at least the way seminary is today. I also mean it because I see so many authentic ministries being accomplished without it. Here are some of my thoughts in rough draft form. “ for more click here.

Today I ran across a blog by Greg Atkinson that says the same thing. Way to go Greg.

This does not mean that pastors shouldn’t be educated. No way. It means that the way pastors are being educated is changing to become more biblical. Instead of relying totally on what I call a “data dump,” pastors are being mentored and coached by people who have done what the would be pastor feels called to do. Like the Disciples who followed Jesus around, the emphasis is on on-the-job-training.

So quit wasting time going to seminary. Find a mentor who is doing what you feel called to do and latch on to that person.Bill