The Future of Seminary Education – Intro Questions

The Future of Seminary Education – Intro Questions October 17, 2011

This week, Patheos will kick off an online symposium on the future of seminary education.  I’ll be blogging about a few ideas I have on this subject, but I want to start the week by soliciting your opinion(s).  The symposium was catalyzed by a post written earlier this year by Fred Schmidt, “Is It Time to Write the Euology? The Future of Seminary Education” — reading that is a good place to start.

After reading that, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the questions that are being posed in the symposium.  Leave your thoughts in the comments or, if you’re so inspired, write a post on your own blog and leave us the link:

Reflection Questions for Symposium:
* What is the purpose of a seminary education? 

* What are the challenges seminaries face?

* How are you preparing for those challenges?

* What are the challenges that clergy and the church faces?  How can seminaries address those needs?

* What is the future of theological education?  What will a seminary education look like 10 years from now?

* What new initiatives and / or creative conversations are shaping the life of your institution?


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