Kenda Creasy Dean is a United Methodist ordained elder and professor of youth, church and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church . In a recent blog , she suggested several questions those considering seminary should ask about prospective schools. One that particularly caught my attention was “ How will I be prepared for ‘the Church of 10 Years from Now’”? The question caused me to stop and think about the kinds of competencies that ministers will need in order to be effective in the churches and ministries of 2022. Here are some suggestions. The minister of 2022 will need to not only understand the Bible but be able to see how it intersects with her or his own story and that of the people in the congregation. If one fails to make that connection, the biblical message is only an historic artifact of little importance. Creativ...
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