Are Training Schools Biblical?

A Gospel preacher in India asks if Bible training schools are biblical. Bible schools and preacher training schools are employed in the United States and overseas effectively to teach people about Christianity as well as to prepare men and women Christians for greater Christian service.

    The words of the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:2 authorize teaching especially Christians in such a way as to increase their knowledge and effectiveness in Christian service. “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men [Greek, anthropos, meaning “human being”], who shall be able to teach others also.” This verse implies that a means must be employed to accomplish the directive to teach, but the details regarding how to teach are not included. The means of implementing the teaching, then, are left to the discretion of humans. Therefore, by divine implication and human inference, Bible training schools and preacher training schools are authorized because they are means by which the directive of 2 Timothy 2:2 are satisfied.