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Mark Quanstrom It was not my idea. I was called to preach and I knew that that particular vocation demanded continued study. After Seminary, I assumed the pastorate of Belleville First Church of the Nazarene and pursued a Masters Degree in Philosophy at SIUE (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) and then continued my study at St. Louis University, pursuing a Ph.D. in historical theology. I believed my vocation as pastor mandated this attention to the academic discipline. Study is worship. And so I did not pursue a Ph.D. in order to teach but in order to preach. In 2004, however, when the invitation to teach at ONU was offered, I discerned that this was what was next for me and I very reluctantly left the pastoral ministry. Ryan Quanstrom I do not know that many people choose this discipline… I think it chooses you. Ever since my first crisis experience at the age of 5, I have felt an urge to bring others to Christ. At that age I thought I was called to be a pastor. My dad was a pastor, my grandpa was a pastor, my uncles were pastors, my great-grandpa was a pastor. It was what my family did. As I grew, the calling to bring others to Christ changed shapes. After visiting Russia I became incredibly disillusioned with the American Protestant church. It seemed to me that American Christianity focused too greatly on intellectual conversions. Faith seemed to be “assent to belief” rather than “a sure and abiding trust.” Even among us holiness folk, we were only concerned with possessing sanctification or working until we are sanctified as if we sanctify ourselves. I had tried to sanctify myself and it did not work. I left the church, and I left God.
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KeywordsWesleyan Higher Education
Periodical TitleDidache
Periodical Year2009
Periodical Volume Number09
Periodical Issue Number01
Peer Reviewed?Yes
Place of PublicationKansas City, Missouri
EditorDean Blevins
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Didache Volume 09, Number 01
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