I know some of you have wondered why I haven't been posting here much recently. It's because I am in the midst of some pretty tough Presbyterian ordination exams. There are 5 exams we have to take in order to be ordained in the PCUSA. Bible Content, Polity, Worship and Sacraments, Theology and Exegetical Methods. Some of them are pretty tough and some just require me to have a lot of stuff memorized. I am finishing up my final exam which is the exegetical paper right now and will be turning it in Thursday morning by 9am.
I'm a fan of the hoops the PCUSA makes me go through. I was glad the exams were tough. I was prepared for them and think I've done well so far but if I don't pass one of them I'm ok with that. It'll just give me some more time to focus on particular areas of study.
But, it would be nice to get them done on the first try too.
I'll find out by March 22 how I did. But, I have about 48 hours to crank out a pretty detailed paper.
Bye
that’s awesome!
i’m going through a similar process with the United Methodist Church.
i’m praying for you. can’t wait to hear how you did!
The only ordination exam that I kept getting stumped on was polity…on the 5th try…someone finally deemed me worthy…I even retook a polity class after seminary somewhere between try #2 & #3. So, Lars my friend…Lord bless you and go love you some church polity!!!!