question:
To be consistent with a Christian World view - is it necessary to
have the institutions for Christian Education. Is having such institutions
neccessary or optional?
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[I assumed the author was talking about academic institutions (as opposed to Sunday School programs)]
Strictly speaking, they are 'optional'--we are not commanded to have
chartered organizations focused on academics in scripture...
However, they are also 'necessary' [:>)]...for the training of
leadership...
In the NT, for example...
So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
So, given the need for trained leaders, the various forms of "rabbinical
schools" in the NT provide at least an EXAMPLE or PATTERN that can be
emulated--(not 'commanded' but 'optional')--in our culture in which
knowledge is prized, necessary, and useful to His work...
this is brief, but I hope this helps...
glenn
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