PointingToChrist
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello all,
I am currently attempting to weigh different factors in choosing a seminary, and also want opinions on the seminaries I am considering.
I am a member of the PCA, and would like to become a pastor in the PCA or OPC in the future (though I would consider another denomination - I just don't want to be fighting to get "back into" my denomination). I am married, my wife and I don't have much in savings, and we do have undergraduate student loan debt. We are both unemployed at the moment, and I'm praying to consider if that means the Lord wishes us to go to seminary sooner or push it off till later.
Cost is a factor - I would like to get scholarships, if possible. I would like to go to a seminary that will prepare me as a solid Biblical (and Reformed) pastor.
Seminaries I am currently considering:
Mid-America Reformed
RTS (Charlotte)
Westminster
Covenant
Greenville
Gordon-Conwell
Mid-America is currently my top choice - though it's mostly because I haven't heard anything negative about it.
Greenville is a top contender, though I am somewhat leery of its unaccreditation (in case I wish to do further degrees at a Reformed university), and its seemingly isolationalist stigma from being the last bastion of Reformed Presbyterianism.
Covenant may yield extensive scholarships if I come under care of my presbytery - but I've heard it has a tendency to yield weak pastors (though I know some of my ability to be a pastor is what God has given me before going into seminary).
Thoughts?
Thank you.
I am currently attempting to weigh different factors in choosing a seminary, and also want opinions on the seminaries I am considering.
I am a member of the PCA, and would like to become a pastor in the PCA or OPC in the future (though I would consider another denomination - I just don't want to be fighting to get "back into" my denomination). I am married, my wife and I don't have much in savings, and we do have undergraduate student loan debt. We are both unemployed at the moment, and I'm praying to consider if that means the Lord wishes us to go to seminary sooner or push it off till later.
Cost is a factor - I would like to get scholarships, if possible. I would like to go to a seminary that will prepare me as a solid Biblical (and Reformed) pastor.
Seminaries I am currently considering:
Mid-America Reformed
RTS (Charlotte)
Westminster
Covenant
Greenville
Gordon-Conwell
Mid-America is currently my top choice - though it's mostly because I haven't heard anything negative about it.
Greenville is a top contender, though I am somewhat leery of its unaccreditation (in case I wish to do further degrees at a Reformed university), and its seemingly isolationalist stigma from being the last bastion of Reformed Presbyterianism.
Covenant may yield extensive scholarships if I come under care of my presbytery - but I've heard it has a tendency to yield weak pastors (though I know some of my ability to be a pastor is what God has given me before going into seminary).
Thoughts?
Thank you.