Our Need for Seminary Students: Time to Be Praying
Kenneth Koole addresses the critical shortage of seminary candidates in the Protestant Reformed Churches, projecting potential ministerial vacancies by the church's centennial in 2025. The article combines demographic analysis of an aging clergy with a call to prayer, urging the denomination to address the gap between retiring ministers and available candidates for ordination.
Imagine with me the year of our Lord 2025, the year of the Protestant Reformed Churches' centennial anniversary. Not that far away when you think about it -- just eight short years. Now imagine seven or eight vacant PR churches at that time as well. Actually, not all that imaginary. Not when you consider how few college-aged men of our churches at present have indicated an interest in preparing for the gospel ministry -- just three (3) at latest report. And they are only thinking of and...
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