‘Refuting claims of being a Salvation Church member’ Park Jin-young, who lacks a pastoral degree, on Bible education: “Pastors all say it’s fine” [Star Issue]

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Singer and music producer Park Jin-young shared his thoughts on conducting Bible education despite not holding a pastoral degree.

On the 16th, a short video titled “You don’t have a pastoral degree, do you…” was uploaded to the YouTube channel ‘Firstfruits’.

Park Jin-young was asked, “You don’t have a pastoral degree, but is it okay for someone without one to teach the Bible?”

In response, Park Jin-young said, “Pastors all say it’s fine. But they always add at the end that I should study more.”

Park Jin-young also stated, “I checked all the seminaries. Among them, Dallas Theological Seminary had the theological perspective closest to how we currently view the Bible,” adding, “Our Firstfruits congregation has a viewpoint on the Bible that is relatively most similar to theirs.”

He further added, “Even there, they do not distinguish as clearly and distinctly as we do between Paul’s gospel and the atonement gospel—that is, the gospel of the circumcised and the gospel of the uncircumcised, as expressed in Galatians chapter 2.”

Park Jin-young conveyed, “In the Bible, it says there was a systematic educational system, and Paul received such education. But Paul called everything he learned there ‘garbage.’ That is not an expression I made up.”

He explained, “I realized that this (the Bible) is not originally meant to be learned through institutional investors or a systematic system, but rather naturally through fellowship. That is why I decided not to attend.”

Meanwhile, Park Jin-young had previously been embroiled in religious controversy after reports emerged in 2018 that he attended a Salvation Church gathering, though Park Jin-young refuted the claim, stating that he is not a member of the Salvation Church.

In a recent broadcast appearance, Park Jin-young shared that he began studying the Bible deeply after visiting Jerusalem, and that the study group he was part of grew in size until it became the current Firstfruits church. At the time, when asked about denominations, Park Jin-young explained, “There is no denomination; it is a religious study.”

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