James Wind honestly names a key tension in the church – seminary!

“Although congregational members are served by people who are powerfully shaped by these institutions, most congregational members spend little time on a seminary campus. While they will be quick to notice if a pastor has poor preaching skills, lacks administrative ability, or provides weak pastoral care—and may blame the seminary for doing an inadequate job of preparing their pastor—the schools that shape their clergy often remain distant, mysterious places.”

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