When @PaulKagame enforced strict regulations on religious institutions in Rwanda, including the requirement of a theology degree for those who may wish to lead a church or a religious institution, I saw some Christians arguing that being a pastor is a calling, and one does not require training as long as they know the Bible.
Such people are ignorant of the fact that being a pastor is not just about preaching. For starters, the preaching must be theologically sound and not heretical. Secondly, a pastor should also have capacity to lead, give pastoral guidance, serve and shepherd the congregation, and sometimes offer counseling. This requires proper training and preparedness.
Ask yourself why mainstream churches take people through 4-7 years of theological training before ordination. See, being a nurse or a teacher is a calling. But does one just wake up and start attending to patients in hospital or teaching kids just because they have felt the calling? No! They go to school to get equipped for that calling.
Today a guy told me that Jesus was a preacher yet he never went to any school. He forgot that Jesus was God and therefore the Word. Despite that, at one point he disappeared from his family and went to the temple, where he sat with teachers, listening to them and asking questions. Jesus himself trained his disciples for three years before they were commissioned.
If you have been called to be a pastor and you are well intentioned, stop the excuses. Invest in that calling by getting the necessary training that will give you capacity to lead and shepherd God’s people. The church is losing its impact and influence in society because most of the people heading it are not well equipped to lead or give pastoral guidance. We have so many churches, but without the power thereof.
Our God is a God of order. Remember how people of old were committed in building Him temples and churches. These magnificent structures were build for over 100-200 years and are standing to date. The work, sacrifices and resources that went into building and equipping God’s house and the installation of the most outstanding music instruments signified the kind of reverence people had for God. But nowadays, anything goes and anyone goes. No effort whatsoever, no discipline, no commitment or sacrifice, no much thougt. A guy wakes up one day, tells his family and friends that he has felt the calling, rents a room next to a bar, calls it a church and names himself a pastor.
@MigunaMiguna@WilliamsRuto For the first time your advise is full of wisdom and love for your country. ..thank you.
All Kenyans want is fairness, peace,justice and zero corruption. ..
May God help us and help our leaders
@Mama__jayden You're an intelligent woman. That we know.
Just keep calm and stop responding to all their allegations, don't allow them read your mind...
Let them think,know or believe whatever they want to, that won't change who you are, your personality and credentials.
@LarryMadowo Even our reporters are not reporting the way you have done.. and are you aware that there are other IEBC commissioner who have refused to take ownership of the results due to it's opaque nature? Larry be serious, you are a journalist and should report the right things