It appears that little if any improvement has occurred since that time. Numerous writers and speakers have expressed concern for the diversion of the preacher from evangelism and the training of others to a role that does little of either. We naturally employ teachers in our formal training programs. These teachers develop teachers, just as preachers would be inclined to develop preachers. Consequently, we are turning out a lot of excellent teachers, who desire to teach in school, or serve in a local church feeding the flock.
People are largely what they are taught to be.
We can also be sure that pastoring preachers train pastoring preachers. We have 50 years to show that the model does not work. Numerous preachers tell me that they were never trained in how to teach the lost, except through public preaching. I attended chapel services each day and studied the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Roy Hearn, when director of Memphis School of Preaching, told me of a survey made of graduates to determine what they needed most and did not get in school.