lifeasmission

Step(s) In the Right Direction

April 24, 2006

This post is well over due, but better late than never, right? One of my professors at Fuller, Ryan Bolger, who is an international authority on the Emerging Church discussion/movement and who has taught me a great deal about what missional engagement within Western culture is all about, had the chance to offer some thoughts to the rest of Fuller’s faculty on what the future of theological education might need to look like if it is to continue to be of service to the Church in Western culture, and the world.

One thing he said was, “I dream that my seminary will move away from the professional training model and will equip entire communities for mission.”

You can read the rest here.

I think what Ryan is dreaming about and articulating is a welcome advance toward the more complete kind of intergration between Church, community and theological education that I talked about here.  It’s this kind of model that gets the pastor/teacher inside of me all excited.

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