Comments on: Can I afford seminary?

By: What else to bring to seminary? | all the P blogs

What else to bring to seminary? | all the P blogs — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:30:24 +0000

[...] the practical one.) Your budget will ebb and flow, and often simply dry up. (Things wonâ€™t go as planned.) If you are married the [...]

By: Jenn B

Jenn B — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:23:43 +0000

I know this is super old but I forgot that i was going to comment (months ago when the original comment was made), just a disclaimer for my husband. i’ve had lots of people seem shocked that he would come down here without me to choose where we’ll live.

1) we couldn’t afford 2 plane tickets & had the 2 kids who needed to be cared for in the short-notice time we had to come down to house-hunt

2) Ryan is MUCH more…’particular’ (to put it mildly) about things like this than me, so anything he’d pick would be beyond my expectations (& definitely were, I LOVE where we’re living!).

Jenn Bs last blog post..Glutton for punishment

By: Alan Richard

Alan Richard — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:47:20 +0000

What does this say about the social class of clergy vs. that of ordinary people in the pews? When we think about the time and place where Jesus sent out the first leaders of his movement, it is highly unlikely that any of them could have done anything equivalent to using equity to cushion them while they got properly certified for the ministry!! Not to mention Jesus himself – - – .

The cost of seminary is a serious blot on the witness of the church. Something has to change.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:55:31 +0000

Thank you for what you have done with this site. I have been working full-time going to seminary online for a year and a half… Neither my wife nor I believe this is God’s plan and we have spent the last 6 months trying to figure out how to move from St. Louis, MO to Virginia Beach and go from a nice salary to zero Some things are coming into place, we are still waiting for God to show more. It is scary and exciting at the same time. I will be reading and commenting frequently, I will probably ask several questions as well. Thanks again.

By: Andy Rowell

Andy Rowell — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:01:29 +0000

Most people take out some debts to go to seminary.

It is a good investment if you are pretty passionate about this. I don’t know anyone who has regretted it.

Just a Guy, you should have brought your wife a long to help you house search.

I did seminary at Regent College in Vancouver, BC.

I am doing my doctorate at Duke Divinity School.

My little blog post about choosing a seminary is at:

http://www.andyrowell.net/andy_rowell/2006/03/seminaries_for_.html

Or see that whole category:

http://www.andyrowell.net/andy_rowell/seminaries/index.html

I think your advice is good “Just a Guy” on most things. Good thinking through everything.

Grace and peace,

andy