Training of Ministers
The United Reformed Churches do not have a denominational seminary or college. The ministers of the URCNA have been trained mostly at Calvin Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Mid-America Reformed Seminary (Dyer, Indiana), or Westminster Seminary in California (Escondido, California). Each ministers undergoes an oral exam in front of the classis before he can be an ordained minister.
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