Equipping the Saints Without a Theological Seminary

There has been a dawning realisation among Danish free churches that we need future pastors and pioneers, and yet we do not have a seminary any more. Added to this, the next generation of young people have a hard time identifying themselves in the traditional image of a pastor. These, among other de...

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Main Author: Holmgaard, Henrik (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: International Baptist Theological Study Centre [2019]
In: Journal of European Baptist Studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-82
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Denmark / Baptists / Free church / Pastor / Training / Theological studies / History 1849-2019
IxTheo Classification:FB Theological education
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KDG Free church
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Theological Education
B ministry formation
B Denmark
B Millennials
B Free Church
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Summary:There has been a dawning realisation among Danish free churches that we need future pastors and pioneers, and yet we do not have a seminary any more. Added to this, the next generation of young people have a hard time identifying themselves in the traditional image of a pastor. These, among other developments, initiated a reflection among Baptist and other free churches in Denmark almost ten years ago. Today the situation has changed, and a growing number of young people study theology and prepare for ministry within the synergy between local free church practice and academic theology at the university. This article provides a practitioner perspective on the theological formation of new pastors and pioneers within this context. It concludes that the Millennial, studying academic theology, could potentially be a great advantage for the free church movement, but at the same time challenge free churches to engage with academic work as a practice at the centre of the calling of the church.
ISSN:1804-6444
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of European Baptist Studies