If they're not refitted, they soon go out of business. The same must be true of Bible and Theological Colleges. We're not talking about the superficial change which occurs every few months, or so it seems, when the supermarket, or the pub, refits to show off the company's latest idea of design. We're talking about something much more fundamental. Without retooling, many colleges will simply be inadequate for the task.
Higher education is in the midst of a massive change at the moment.
It's good that theological colleges are being forced to face up to reality. Training tomorrow's church leaders can only improve if the questions are faced with honesty. If we're to train tomorrow's leaders we've got to have some vision as to what tomorrow's leaders are going to be like. So, if that's what we're chiefly modelling or training, we're missing the mark. In the light of this we can easily say what sort of training won't do.