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It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

by Kevin Bauder | May 25, 2018 | In the Nick of Time

The Religious News Service recently published a story stating that future pastors are turning away from the traditional M.Div. and toward the shorter M.A. for their ministry preparation. That story labeled the M.Div. as the “Cadillac” degree for pastoral preparation....
It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

It’s Not a Cadillac! Part One: A Bit of History

by Kevin Bauder | May 18, 2018 | In the Nick of Time

The Association of Theological Schools, the primary agency that accredits seminaries, recently produced a study showing that the number of M.Div. students is falling, while the number of future pastors taking the shorter M.A. program is rising. The study was picked up...
It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

In Praise of Ordinary Men, Part Eight: Paul Greene

by Kevin Bauder | May 11, 2018 | In the Nick of Time

Paul Greene was already into his mid-eighties before I met him. Our relationship remained distant and casual until I began to plant a church near Dallas, Texas. To my surprise Paul and his wife Mildred quickly identified with that small congregation, later becoming...
It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

In Praise of Ordinary Men, Part Seven: F. Beach Whitson

by Kevin Bauder | May 4, 2018 | In the Nick of Time

(NOTE: This essay first appeared in August of 2016 under a different title. It is reprinted here because of the contribution it makes to the topic.) Every once in a while, God sends a person into our lives whom He uses as a means of grace. A person like that is more...
It’s Not a Cadillac! Part Two: What Are We Doing?

In Praise of Ordinary Men, Part Six: Dave Keith

by Kevin Bauder | Apr 27, 2018 | In the Nick of Time

I met David Keith in January of 1974. He had just been discharged from the Army (where, as company clerk, he was reputed to have awarded his whole unit a Good Conduct Medal). He rode his Honda 350SL from Panama City up the Pan American highway through Central America...
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