Comments on: Top Ten Things to Know When Considering Seminary

By: ed

ed — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:42:27 +0000

the public school district I work for took my M. Div and gave me both the step/column for the masters plus a 1K stipend each year. they didn’t even ask about it, just took the transcripts.

By: Marci

Marci — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:30:36 +0000

And I would add to number 9 that in addition to Greek’s difficulty and awesomeness, it is much easier to learn than a living language. You don’t have to speak it. All you need to do is be able to read it and translate it. So much easier than asking for directions to the train station in Prague.

By: Adam Copeland

Adam Copeland — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:42:26 +0000

@Sarah, yes, but it was really the previous experience that made folks marketable when combined w/ the M.Div. And M.Div. alone is not marketable beyond the church.

@Greg, that’s definitely the right way to approach things.

By: ggbolt16

ggbolt16 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:39:02 +0000

I didn’t go in looking for a wife, but I got married. But if you go in looking for a “good” wife/husband you’re probably not going to find someone in seminary. In my experience you will probably creep people out! Just saying.

greg

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:25:42 +0000

Interesting list – but I take a bit of issue w/#5 – know a good number of folks who have combined MDivs with previous experience and/or education and found themselved very marketable in non-profits (values or faith-based, not necessarily either/or), advocacy and social justice work, and the like. Some were ordained, others not.