My pastor has several seminary degrees. He is very skilled in Greek and Hebrew. He is also a strong critic of seminary training feeling that seminaries spend all their time training more seminary professors and not really training people in pastoral skills. He believes that seminaries teach their graduates how to ‘talk the talk’ but not to ‘walk the walk.’
I’m not convinced “theology” is very useful to anyone. God isn’t someone you study. He isn’t a butterfly or electricity. He is someone you need to KNOW, not KNOW ABOUT. There is a reason the Bible isn’t a text in Systematic Theology.
I moved a lot in the military. A pastor who is sincere is in the top 50% of pastors I’ve met!
Duncan’s denomination requires at least a year of internship in addition to the seminary education in an effort to address the issue of practical skills.