Flash: ON   September 4, 2010 
Log College


 

If you were to trace back the history of Princeton Seminary, you would find its humble beginnings started in what were two relatively unknown schools.  One was the College of New Jersey in the town of Princeton, and the other was a much smaller, and yet much more profoundly, influential school located in Neshaminy, PA, which came to be known as "the Log College." 

Shortly after 1726, a Presbyterian minister by the name of William Tennet erected a 20' x 20' log cabin for the purpose of training a handful of men for the work of pastoral ministry.  His departure from the normal practice of sending men off to be trained at the established seminaries left him at odds with his denomination.  People expressed disdain for Pastor Tennent's humble effort by referring to it as "Log College," a term of contempt.

It was in this log cabin, which stood a few feet from the local church, that men were discipled and trained up for the work of ministry.  And indeed, many were trained while sitting around a round table discussing theology, being drilled in the original languages, all the while serving in the context of the local church.  From this humble effort, men were "filled with evangelical zeal, and a number went on to become revivalist preachers in the Great Awakening."  

The leadership of Providence Bible Fellowship shares the same desire to see men trained up and discipled in the manner of William Tennet.  To fulfill this desire, the leadership of Providence Bible Fellowship has established its own "Log College," whereby men have opportunity to attend informal teaching sessions, as well as be provided with study materials, all to equip men in the careful exposition of Scripture, to cultivate a desire to think, discern, and act biblically in all areas of living, to be trained up for the teaching and preaching of God's Word, to take on the leadership roles of the church as elders and deacons, and as leaders at home, and advance and communicate the gospel to the world

   

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