Mistakes are inevitable.
What is truly sad, however, is when no one learns from the mistake. With all the turmoil and soul-searching resulting from the situation in Canada's residential schools, Jay points out valuable lessons that may be learned and applied to educating future church leaders. The issue of what the churches can do to repair the damage they did is urgent and agonizing. But I suggest that the residential schools experience also bears serious lessons for theological schools about how they should teach evangelism and missionary strategy. The issues of physical and sexual abuse are clear.