Becoming a Teaching Pastor Without Seminary and Following Jesus with Integrity (Q+A Series #1)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

How can someone become a wise, compelling teaching pastor without going to seminary? What does it really mean to follow Jesus—and are you truly a disciple if you're not living out his teachings? In this special Facebook Live Q+A episode, Mike Erre and Andy tackle raw, honest questions from the Voxology community. This is the first part of an ongoing series responding to listener-submitted spiritual, theological, and cultural questions.

Mike and Andy reflect on church leadership development, biblical literacy, spiritual authority, and what true discipleship looks like in practice. They also explore how the church should rightly approach sin and judgment within its own community.

Key Takeaways:
• Becoming the Kind of Person Who Has Something to Say – Instead of chasing credentials, immerse yourself deeply in Scripture, pursue spiritual maturity, and find mentors whose voices resonate with Christ-centered integrity.
• Following Jesus Means Actually Following – A verbal commitment to Christ is not enough without transformation and Christlike love being formed in your actual life.
• Grace and Accountability in the Church – The distinction between judgment and discernment and how discipline, when done right, leads to restoration, not exclusion.
• Misusing Scripture to Avoid Nonbelievers – How verses like 2 Corinthians 6 are often taken out of context to wrongly justify excluding the world rather than loving and serving it.

Guest Highlights:
No special guest this time, but the conversation is powered by the vibrant Voxology community and the powerful dynamic between Mike Erre and Andy.

Resources Mentioned:
• N.T. Wright – https://ntwrightonline.org
• Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
• Scott McKnight – https://scottemcknight.substack.com
• Ray Vander Laan series – “That The World May Know” (Focus on the Family)
• Books and resources from Beth Moore, Megan Fate, and other female teachers

This is just the beginning of the Q+A Series—more honest, unfiltered conversations are on the way. Got your own questions? Send them to [email protected] and be part of the dialogue. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and follow us on social media to support the show and stay connected!

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0:00.0	Okay, so what we're doing, we have literally collected, I don't know, man, over a hundred probably questions, more than that over the last year, we are a community that is not only a podcast community, but a church community that very
0:26.7	much values and is built around a conviction that says the church should be the safest place
0:32.3	to talk about anything.
0:33.9	And that means for us that doubts and skepticism and curiosity, all of that is welcomed.
0:43.3	And so we do, we take time in our services to actually, we start with Q&A most Sundays.
0:50.9	And certainly the podcast has built around the questions and issues that people are talking about.
0:55.4	So to try to catch up with this backlog of questions, we thought we do a little of Facebook
1:00.1	living.
1:00.7	So hello, Facebook.
1:03.2	We are live from the Vox headquarters, the World International Vox headquarters of Brayette, California.
1:10.4	It's Mike and Andy.
1:11.5	We just recorded this week's show that will be released on Monday.
1:17.4	And what we thought we do is we thought we'd take a few questions and see what you think.
1:23.8	So, first question, is there a way to become a cool slash wise slash urban teaching pastor
1:32.4	like Mike Erie, Tim Mackey, John Mark Comer, who we just interviewed, Francis Chan and Dave
1:38.7	Lomas without paying thousands of dollars at a seminary school? The answer is no. The first thing is to throw Mike Erie into that mix is a bit of a stretch.
1:51.2	And to apply cool and urban to me is a bit of a stretch as well.
1:57.8	However, I can answer for those other guys and simply say this. No, Jesus
2:04.4	has never needed people to be highly educated in order to use them. I mean, the thing that was so
2:10.4	shocking about the first disciples is that they were called by the religious leaders. These are
2:15.8	ordinary and unschooled men.
2:18.4	I mean, these were not, these were fishermen.
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