We have a tendency to treat the church as an institution rather than as a family.
Maybe that’s why we suppose that leaders in the church must have some sort of professional credentials, like formal ordination or a seminary degree. That’s what I thought, anyway. When I first became a Christian and felt God leading me to serve my church more and more, I assumed Bible college would have to be a part of my upward spiritual mobility. (I ended up going to Harvard Business School instead.)
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