Do pastors need theological training? Are not the Bible and the Holy Spirit enough? This article looks at the historical background to this topic. It blends together the biblical teaching, the church order, and the guidance God gave to his church.

This article looks at the task and importance of the theological seminary.

What is the relationship between believers and the seminary? The author makes it clear that believers serve the seminary and the seminary serves believers. The one cannot exist without the other. The seminary is the work of the church preparing ministers of the Gospel, and true faith depends on the preaching of the Gospel, which is what makes the believer. In this sense seminary and saints are sine qua non.

What is the relationship between believers and the seminary? The author makes it clear that believers serve the seminary and the seminary serves believers. The one cannot exist without the other. The seminary is the work of the church preparing ministers of the Gospel, and true faith depends on the preaching of the Gospel, which is what makes the believer. In this sense seminary and saints are sine qua non.

The office of a teaching elder can be used to describe a theological professor. What does this title mean when it is used in that way? What is the task of a professor? To whom is he accountable to? Looking first at the church order, the author of this article deals with these questions.

What are pastors being taught at the theological seminary? Included in their studies should be practical theology, which includes preaching, liturgics, missions, world religions, and catechetics.

What are pastors being taught at seminary? This article looks at two subjects which pastors in training must study: 1. Dogmatics (including theology, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology and eschatology), and 2. Old Testament Hebrew and exegesis.