The Academy or the Church? Training Pastors for the Next Generation

The Christianity Today article, “1 in 4 Pastors Plan to Retire Before 2030,” leads to the question: how do we train up the next generation of pastors? As one who is both in local church ministry and in the world of academia, I find myself positioned to reflect on this question as it pertains to both the role of the Church and the role of the bible college and seminary (or more generally, the academy) in training up new pastors. I have some friends who, on the academic side, loathe the lack of scholarly rigour found in some bible colleges...