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Trends Among Evangelicals Entering Ministry

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What trends characterize young evangelicals entering pastoral ministry today? Three Christian higher education presidents—Michael Lindsay, Albert Mohler, and Phil Ryken—discuss in this new roundtable video what they observe among the rising generation.

“I see a real questioning among young people regarding the value of theological education,” observes Lindsay, president of Gordon College in Massachusetts. This of course carries “implications for how they will do ministry going forward.”

Mohler is largely encouraged, pointing to both an upbeat passion for the gospel and a recovery of ecclesiology. “The local church is increasingly seen as an attractive and important place for ministry,” the president of Southern Seminary in Louisville explains.

In terms of caution, Ryken doesn’t always see a strong commitment to personal holiness as an essential part of ministry preparation. According to the Wheaton College president, however, this commitment is crucial. “We need to have more young people known for what they give up than for what they do,” Lindsay adds. “The witness of self-sacrifice is essential.”

Watch the full seven-minute video to see these three leaders discuss intramural basketball, virtue formation, conversation changers, and more.

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