Do Primitive Baptists have schools for training ministers?
Primitive Baptist elders are called by God and chosen by the individual congregations from among male members who have demonstrated a calling and proven to be faithful to the church and its principles. All Primitive Baptist elders are expected to be educated in the Word of God and have frequent contact with other ministers about questions of scriptural interpretation and other matters pertaining to the church (2 Tim. 2:2). The Apostle Paul taught Timothy as a father instructs a son, laboring and serving together in the gospel (Philip. 2:22). This system of education is preferred above ministerial training schools because: a. Elders in the New Testament were primarily self-educated in the scriptures. b. Elders in the New Testament learned under the direction of the Holy Spirit and other elders rather than academicians. c. The system makes the scriptures themselves to be the curriculum. d. The elder learns in the same setting in which he is expected to teach. Congregations taught by thes
