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Why seminary degrees still matter in an age of TikTok preachers

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Formal theological education in seminary can help prepare religious leaders for pastoral care, ethics and spiritual guidance in an age of misinformation.

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Why seminary degrees still matter in an age of TikTok preachers

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Formal theological education in seminary can help prepare religious leaders for pastoral care, ethics and spiritual guidance in an age of misinformation.

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Seattle’s Center for Spiritual Living launches ministry to support incarcerated people

SEATTLE — The Center for Spiritual Living Seattle recently introduced their new Incarceration to Liberation Ministries with the hope of “envisioning the Spirit’s highest idea for a just society’s dealing ...with crime and criminality,” according to their information sheet.

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Seattle’s Center for Spiritual Living launches ministry to support incarcerated people
Seattle’s Center for Spiritual Living launches ministry to support incarcerated people
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Spokane-area teens postpone backpacking trip to help neighbors after wildfire
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