Seminaries as seedbeds
by Michael Danner, Metamora, Ill.I read with great interest the "Seminaries as Seedbeds" editorial by Everett J. Thomas (Jan. 20). It sounds like another attempt to "circle the wagons" and invest our future by becoming exclusive and not inclusive. What is missing is the most important quality of pastors (and all followers of Jesus), namely, that they follow Jesus. It is amazing to me that a movement started by the first Anabaptists so readily embraces institutional preservation as a worthy goal. This is especially painful because the radicals gave their lives, not to preserve institutions but to live out the call of Jesus as a gathered body of believers free from institutional constraint. It's difficult to see how Mennonite Church USA can possibly live out the call of Jesus to break down barriers and build a new humanity rooted in Jesus when it seems pretty clear that drawing boundaries along ethnic Mennonite and institutional lines is in vogue.
Associated Issue: Mennonite education - Jan. 20, 2009
Associated Article: Seminaries as seedbeds
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