re: #39 calochortus

Probably. I’m not up on the difference between seminaries and bible colleges.

Bible Colleges only offer (usually) B.Div. (bachelor of divinity) or a similar undergraduate degree for their theologically inclined students. A B.Div. is basically useless in terms of becoming a pastor in some denominations. They want the Master of Divinity, which is where the seminaries come in. Seminaries are mainly graduate schools and offer the terminal Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees as well. Although, some seminaries have began offering bible school-esque undergrad programs as well.

Many moons ago, theological training experienced degree inflation like a lot of fields, thus you have the situation where E2 is going to seminary.