That's EVEN if they get them at all! Is there a degree mill that churns out ordinations?
2007-09-21 06:19:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What degrees?
Catholic priests end up with an equivilent of a Masters Degree after eight years of studying subjects in seminary that most kids today couldn't even understand.
All a protestant has to do is give a fireball sermon and he's in like Flint. (One of my best friends is a Baptist minister and that is how he got in.)
2007-09-21 06:24:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
So, the Protestant pastor sees it as a betrayal. The member of the church has to make his/her own determination. i imagine pastors like this are few and far between -c'mon - what number of human beings might want to actual enable him make this kind of significant determination for them? i'm Protestant. one of my sons is Catholic. when I visit him in yet another state, i pass to mass with him and his relatives. i do not take Communion nonetheless because my beliefs are distinct, and the Catholic Church does no longer want me to participate in it both, because i'm no longer Catholic. even as i replaced into at a Catholic wake, some Protestants left the room even as the priest began praying for the soul of the deceased. they did not make a large fuss, only left quietly. I stayed, yet prayed for the residing kin.
2016-10-20 02:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by rhona 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure there is places for such degrees but the majority of those that have an MDIV get it from an actual university.
Those degrees are not accredited when they are on line.
2007-09-21 06:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the ones I ever met attended a college to get that degree.
2007-09-21 06:25:01 · answer #4 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My uncle just got tired of playing in clubs, we have guessed. He was raised Catholic but at some point he had a church and was a baptist preacher. Then his adopted son took over when he passed on. Long before the internet.
2007-09-21 06:27:31 · answer #5 · answered by plyjanney 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, mostly from paper mills
yes, there are ways of getting a diploma for about 20$.
the problem is, they are not from accredited schools, and anyone that might be interested in your education will instantly know it, and the person claiming it, to be a fraud.
fortunately for pastors, however, most congregations either do not insist on requiring a degree nor do they rigorously question their shepherd's supposed (if any) credentials
2007-09-21 06:22:08 · answer #6 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No. Most denominations require a degree from an accredited institution, so most Protestant pastors go to seminaries of their particular denomination.
2007-09-21 06:22:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Actually, most of the ones I know (admittedly, these are mostly Lutherans) got degrees in theology from VERY reputable seminaries.
2007-09-21 06:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm not sure about the website thing, but my pastor has his PhD in psychology...and he is the most "down to earth" or "real life conditions" (to use my fiance's term) preacher i have ever heard...
2007-09-21 06:29:40 · answer #9 · answered by ddking37 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My father got his from a seminary - after attending and passing.
2007-09-21 06:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋