Carson on Seminary

When asked in an interview if pastoral training should happen in the context of the local church, or if seminary was the ideal mode of preparing pastors, Carson responds with wisdom and insight:

“I don’t want to be forced to say that the proper way to think of it is ‘We don’t need seminaries.’ Or ‘To preach in any church you must have a master of divinity or you cannot be ordained in our denomination’,” he explained. “Both of those stances, it seems to me, are reductionistic. They are much too narrowly driven culturally, and they are ignorant of what God is doing in all kinds of places. The important thing is how you can promote the Gospel, train people and help them to understand the Scriptures well.”