I actually agree here. I don't blame seminary (I think that important) but some have gone to great lengths to professionalize the ministry.
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The church was to train and equip. ThT is supposedly what “seminary’s” are engaged to accomplish in an environment in which the student may also learn the skills to address kings and peasants.
It is so very unfortunate that before half a century was started after Pentecost, the educational system of the local assembly became shambles, and people expected to remain ignorant.
To train and eauip to do what? Evangelize!
The Church today is not very evangelistic. The churches are not evangelistic because the pastors are not evangelistic. The pastors are not evangelistic because the seminaries teach them to not be evangelistic. They teach them that evangelism is not their job.
It just so happens our pastor preached a sermon today that revolved around evangelism not being his job. Guess he missed II Tim 4:5. Praying and studying are his jobs.
Training and equipping is far more than making evangelists.
Do not the Scriptures state that some (not all) are evangelists?
All are to carry the commission of the Lord given first to the Apostles, however, not all are pastors, teachers, evangelists. Some are teachers, some baptize.
Was Paul, Barnabus, Phillip, Steven, Peter, John ... evangelists?
Or were they servants of the Lord serving in the capacity and ministry as a lay missionaries, lay deacons, lay Apostles...?
I am not claiming the seminary structure is best. The early church had no such schooling, but were highly effective in living what was believed.
As they lived, they took advantage of opportunities God put them in to have unrestricted light and water from the Lord come from them.
Most believers are a crimp in the water hose. At best they trickle. But that is not a schooling problem, it is a matter of a lack of submission.
Greektim
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So pragmatism then? You go with what is most effective?
To an extent.
I have two accredited and two unaccredited degrees so I can speak authoritative on both subjects. JOKE 
I chose Trinity due to my families situation at the time. On campus for further education was not possible and accredited extension was not a thing at the time back in the days of yore.
When entering Bible College I took the Bible knowledge test. I scored the lowest in the history of the school. I needed a lot of Bible knowledge before thinking of going into the ministry. You/the Lord know your needs.
On a personal basis I would suggest if you are looking mostly for personal development pick a good extension, if you feel you are being led toward a ministry needing further education, pick a good accredited school. Either way, accredited makes more sense due to the fact - if you are going to do the work/spend the money, why not get the most out of it that you can. Also, consider, if you go unaccredited and later in life you feel led to something that requires accredited - well where are you?
Humph .... crawling back under my degrees that all give equal amounts of warmth.
I chose Trinity due to my families situation at the time. On campus for further education was not possible and accredited extension was not a thing at the time back in the days of yore.
When entering Bible College I took the Bible knowledge test. I scored the lowest in the history of the school. I needed a lot of Bible knowledge before thinking of going into the ministry. You/the Lord know your needs.
On a personal basis I would suggest if you are looking mostly for personal development pick a good extension, if you feel you are being led toward a ministry needing further education, pick a good accredited school. Either way, accredited makes more sense due to the fact - if you are going to do the work/spend the money, why not get the most out of it that you can. Also, consider, if you go unaccredited and later in life you feel led to something that requires accredited - well where are you?
Humph .... crawling back under my degrees that all give equal amounts of warmth.
I ended up enrolling in LBU in their Master of Ministry program. I will say that they require alot of writing, alot more than Andersonville did; I did want to enroll in NOBTS but with an unaccredited Bachelors, they would of required me to get a high GRE score to admit me. If I had it to do over again, I would probably have done that, but since LBU has probably one of the better reputations among UA schools, I'm going to look into transferring after I finish my MMin.