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5 Myths About Seminary
Prepare to Dazzled as I Reveal Secrets about: a Graduate School!
I’ve posted about my Seminary experience on here a few times, and while it always gets a positive reception, revealing that you went to Seminary and what you learned there can bring out some pretty weird comments. People think of Seminaries, along with the inner workings of the Church, as being deeply mysterious, beyond the grasp of the average worshipper. In reality, Seminary is extremely mundane. It’s grad school! Still, I thought that addressing some of the things I’ve heard from people when I talk about my experiences might be fun. After all, my main reason for writing on Medium is to teach people about the church and religion, not to make it more obscure. Fair warning though: there’s nothing terribly juicy going on under the hood.
Everyone There Is Going To Be a Pastor
Let’s start with an easy one. Seminaries are where people go to learn to be Pastors, right? Yes, mostly. See, especially in a mainline tradition like mine, Seminaries are not only training centers for clergy, but full-fledged graduate schools. In addition to a Masters of Divinity, which is the degree you need to become a Pastor, there are a variety of Masters of Arts programs as well. At my school, these ranged from Children, Youth, and Family Degrees…