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has bestowed upon the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, with some increase in om Facul ty, thi s addi t ional work could be g iven here in a more sati sfactory way in some respects than at most of our semina ri es . In add ition t o this, many mini sters of d iffe rent denomina ti ons have said to us that they felt tha t the B ibl e Institu te was unde r an obligat ion to the churches t o g iYe thi s add it iona l work here at the Inst itu te, an cl at the same time to give other work tha t could not be given in 111ost theological semina ri es . A large measure o f pressure has been brought to bear upon us to add a year to our work fo r those who are ca n di dat es fo r the regula r 111ini stry, and we could not but feel tha t t he op ini on of the 111ini sters in these di ffe rent deno111inations was thoroughly justified by the fac ts in the case, and so it was decided to give an add itional year fo r those who a re preparing f or pastoral work at ho111e or abroad, and fo1- others who wish to take it fo r one rea son or a nother. A lert 111ini sters and lay111en in recent years have beco111 e ala rmed a t the large number of churches throughout the coun try tha t are not suppli ed with pastors and cannot be supplied by the output of the existing t heological seminaries. F urther still , there haYe been sini ster development s of a most alarming cha racter in the teaching in not a few of our theological semi na ri es, and the courses g iven, instead of fitting men fo r the mini stry, in many instances have thoroughly unfitted th em for that impo rtant wo rk. Of course, t hi s 1s not true of a ll t he t heological seminaries. Some o f them a re thoroughly sound a ncl doing a fin e work . a nd we have not hes itated to send our student s to them to get work whi ch hi therto they have been unabl e to get at the B ible Insti tute. For Whom Intended This three year course fo r pastors is intend ed primarily fo r men in the va rious denominati ons who intend to take u p t he work of th e regular pas tora te at home or a broad ; but it is also in tended fo r men who a re already in the pastora te whose prepa rat ion hitherto has been inadequate fo r the work a nd who have co111 e to rea li ze t he inadequacy of it by their actual ex peri ence in the work.
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