Who were "uneducated" and "untrained" (Acts 4:13)?
"Peter and John" (Acts 4:13).
So what right did Peter and John have to challenge the
most educated and the best trained religious leaders in their nation?
They had been with Jesus, who had taught and gifted them,
including with a sign of His power that the religious leaders could not
deny (see
lame man).
Who appoints and gifts people to teach
about God?
God the Holy Spirit: "There are diversities of
gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the
same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same
God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of
wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the
same Spirit, ... But one and the same Spirit works all these things,
distributing to each one individually as He wills... Now you are the
body of Christ, and members individually. And God has appointed these in
the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, ..."
(1 Corinthians 12:4-8, 11, 27-28)
If God has not appointed and empowered a person to
teach about Him, should that person be appointed and educated by humans to
teach about Him?
If a person has been appointed and empowered by God
to teach about Him, does that person need educational degrees to teach
about Him?
What do most churches require their new pastor to have
attained?
A "Master of Divinity" from an accredited seminary.
How Biblical is this requirement and what should be done about
it?
See
Master of Divinity.