Forming Pastors in the Days of COVID

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The emperor of California has granted Joel Kim a temporary release to join Carl and Todd for a short conversation. The gathering happens at the usual spot—in front of an Ann Taylor boutique—so that the wives may have a good time as the men whine and opine! Joel is the president of Westminster Seminary California, and he has some peculiar challenges ahead of him regarding the upcoming academic year at WestCal. Kim shares some of the changes the seminary made to accommodate the needs of the students, and what he’s foreseeing as temporary solutions to keep a certain level of continuity and normalcy in the months ahead. What does Kim think about online education? Tune in for this clear-cut conversation to hear about WestCal’s focus and commitment in forming pastors despite the challenges of COVID. We have copies of With All Your Heart: Orienting your Mind, Desires, and Will toward God by WestCal professor Craig Troxel that we would like to give away. Register for the opportunity to win a free copy.

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0:00.0	Today's podcast is sponsored by the Reformation Art of Catherine Marchand.
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0:33.6	Thank you. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:39.3	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Let's join this week's conversation.
0:42.3	Well, welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:54.8	I'm one of the regular hosts, Carl Truman, professor at Grove City College in western Pennsylvania, here with my friend and regular host, Todd Pruitt.
1:05.4	Let me see if I, fourth time in a row, can I introduce you correctly?
1:08.5	You give it a shot.
1:09.5	Todd is the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church
1:13.6	in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it's a congregation in the so-called Presbyterian Church in America.
1:22.3	You got it right. You now know the church I pastor. After all these years, I'm finally word perfect.
1:28.4	I am really excited for you.
1:30.3	And we have an old friend on the program today, one of those, whether it's the triumph of hope over experience or merely a sign of tremendous lack of judgment.
1:40.9	We have our old good friend, Joel Kim, on the program. Joel is, I was going to say,
1:47.7	the newly minted president of Westminster, California. But actually, he's been around for a few years now.
1:53.5	Joel has been. Old had now, three years now, if you can believe it. Three years. That is three years
1:58.7	longer than I would ever want to be president to 270 anywhere, brother. So you've done remarkably well. You're still there after three years.
2:06.0	Joel, it's a great pleasure to have you on the program. Well, thanks for having me.
2:09.8	Yeah. And as I said to you beforehand, I'm not outside Anne Taylor Loft, as I usually am
2:14.5	when I communicate with you. My wife is behaving herself today and obediently at my side.
2:19.7	Oh my goodness.
2:22.0	I'm one of these days your listeners do ask you about Ann Taylor loft.
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