Decades ago, the Rev. Daniel Aleshire followed what was then a conventional path to the ministry. After graduating college, he earned a master's of divinity degree via a three-year, full-time program at an accredited seminary on a campus with acres of green lawns and red-brick classroom buildings topped with white cupolas.
Nowadays, as he completes nearly 20 years as head of the Pittsburgh-based Association of Theological Schools, Rev. Aleshire has a bird's-eye view of how people prepare for ministry. And what's clear is that relatively few ministers get their training like he did.
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