Yes, I paid tuition and living expenses while attending the Pastor’s College (with Dad’s help).
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Very little college experience, and certainly no college degree. I guess I’m not very “well rounded”.  I do have a wall worth of meaningless technical certification plaques, in case that’s worth something. 
 
Sorry for my late response back.  Thanks for getting back to me.
 
This is interesting how you say you paid for attending the PC.  I have heard other places where both are paid and is a  quite significant cost to put someone through the PC College.  Part of that cost can be explained by SGM and/or sponsoring local church having to pay the student’s living expenses in MD plus possibly an existing mortgage that the family has back home in addition to the training cost.
 
Well at least in your case since you didn’t complete the training due to as you say your fault it was good that you paid your way and not SGM or the local church sending you.
 
An argument for having obtained a degree from college (preferably at least a bachelor’s degree) is that it demonstrates one has what it takes to study and earn a degree. This would include having the necessary discipline and study skills.  This especially necessary with an accelerated and short program the pastor’s college is.
 
I would also argue that one needs more training and schooling than just home schooling gives or if some have the traditional high school diploma.  I am guessing that a lot of the pastor’s college students were home schooled.  I am glad to hear that now most of the have some type of a degree.
 
 
 
 
 
 

My family in FL are now official Bronco fans.  Tim T. is now in the 3rd position as q.b., with the guy who had that position having been let go (wasn’t better than Tim T.).  There is still a quesiton of who will be starter qb between the first and second string.  Everyone is speculating but will have to wait and see after they have their camp, next week I think.

As to the Redskins, woo-hoo!  Joe Gibbs was a great coach.  I remember when they won the Super Bowl in the early eighties – cars honking, parties going on!  Then we moved to NC and got the Panthers.  Still sad over the loss of Dehlome (spelling?) but I guess they gave him a lot of time to improve.  So, now we are Denver fans.   But we lost Marshal who caught a ball like a ballet dancer in flight.  Going to miss seeing that…

Debutante and Irv, I too noticed that the Holy Spirit didn’t seem welcome.  I didn’t want to say it out loud, but you saw it too, right?  I wasn’t imagining it?  Our pastor deliberately made a decision (according to our cg leader)  “not to go that way” during a time of refreshing that changed many lives.  I just didn’t want to believe any leader would say that!

right? 

Now that’s something I can say “amen” to!

Josh

NOT much has changed then IRV.

Must say your counsel to Collateral Damage was right on! I hope she hears you. Appreciate your honesty and freshness on the blog!! 

Makes me wonder about the fiasco in my own MLC experience. Todd could not escape fast enough or I am sure he too would have been the topic of the hunt. He kept trying to expose all this for over a year with zero help or response. The rest of the team? Danny was in my estimation incredibly sincere. Benny took about 60 seconds and should have gone on for 30 minutes more. Mike, gads there is not a lazy bone in his body and he is repenting for laziness. Not buying that one for a nanosecond. My summation? It was hard to believe any of it after Danny. If you were there you know what I am talking about.  Navel gazing. Yes, I agree IRV “The good news is there is life and life abundantly after PDI”/SGM.  Our life is in Christ. WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

How about football Sundays?  Don’t forget those.  Go Broncos!  A lot of fellowship goes on in our house over chips, dip, and football.  Didn’t God invent football?   I’m sure He must have…

Seriously, the more religion boxes a person in, the less they can really hear God for themselves.  A church should not be run like a corporation.  Glad we all found our freedom to live full lives for the Lord!

But yeah, life and living abundantly is the deal outside of sgm.