Is Seminary Really Necessary? | Tim Challies

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Share The church has been well-served by pastors who ministered without formal seminary training. John Bunyan, Charles Spurgeon, and Martyn Lloyd-Jones are standout examples of men who had impactful and long-lasting ministries even though …

Ministers without master’s degrees - In Trust

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The church’s only graduate-level theological school is Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri, which offers both 78- and 90-hour master of divinity programs, but a master’s degree has never been …

The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years

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100 ultra successful people who succeeded without a college …

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Joel Osteen – Pastor Head of the Houston’s Lakewood Church with a growing population of more than 40,000 members, the televangelist and pastor never finished college. 4. Soichiro Honda – …

Pastors Still Need Seminary Degrees | Christianity Today

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That work begins within the pastors themselves when they confront their own baggage. As Dostoevsky’s Shatov in Demons famously says, “If you want to overcome …

Famous pastors without seminary degrees | Updated March 2023

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You don’t need a degree to be a pastor. But technically, it depends on where you want to be a pastor. Each church has its own criteria for determining whether …

Famous pastors without degrees | Updated January 2023

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Famous pastors without degrees July 28, 2022 Angelina Smith The best evangelical pastor in the world Contenidos [ ocultar] The best evangelical pastor in the …

These Are the 12 Pastors Who Are 'Most Effective' Preachers

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Ralph Douglas West is founder and senior pastor of The Church Without Walls in Houston, which has grown from 32 members to more than 24,000 families. He is an adjunct professor of preaching at …

Are there any denominations that do not require pastors to be …

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5 Answers Sorted by: 1 Amish and some Mennonites practice this. I met a Beachy Amish pastor several years ago who was selected by "lot" without needing to …

Pastors without degrees : r/Reformed - reddit.com

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There are tons of pastors that have degrees that teach completely heretical anti-Christ doctrine. That’s not to say that a degree isn’t beneficial - it is a good way to …