I often get asked whether pastors need a theological education.
Here’s how I answered that question last week:
I think the best way to answer that is actually to
ask a different question: Does the church need a theological education? The
answer to that is, surely, yes. Every New Testament book is a theological
education for the church, helping it to grasp the implications of what God has
done in Christ. So then, if the church needs a theological education, what does
that mean for her leaders?
If that’s a helpful way to think about it, then we’re not just
talking about one or two verses in the Pastoral Epistles about pastors needing
to be “able to teach.” The whole NT demands and models theological leadership.