Well, bully for them for getting at it so early. It took me 22 years to figure it out and then I became Catholic. My flippancy aside, I believe, one) only priests can receive holy orders and the rest are well meaning, well trained and inappropriately "called" {yes, my protestant friends may now get the stake and the kindly ready for me as I have come out as a total conservative papist sort of guy} and two} because the place of ministry holds little respect in the eyes of the lay person and general public, is often an thankless job, is under paid, is other less than desireable things; none of which are the reasons I left {I left specifically to reconcile with the Catholic Church} but all of which are reasons I believe reasons #1 stands.
Owen | Homepage | 03.23.06 - 10:00 am | #

Thomas- just curious, but you sound like you could be a good priest. I'm not trying to be nosy, but what's holding you back?
Andrew S. | 03.23.06 - 2:51 pm | #

I know a lot of students at Southern Baptist Theological Seminiary and have noticed many of them do not intend to become pastors, although I didn't it was part of a trend. Many of them plan to go into overseas missions, others are employed by church's for ministry work, and some people head into careers like Christian counseling or financial management.

btw, what's up with putting "seminaries" in quotation marks just because they are Protestant? Let's remember that some Protestants call us Catholic "Christians."
Jason | Homepage | 03.23.06 - 5:24 pm | #