Theological education has alternatively been viewed as the training of religious technicians (ministry skills) and the formation of religious leaders (ministerial character). This bifurcation is unfortunate. Those engaged in various types of ministry need three different sets of formation: (1) a biblical and theological basis that gives them deep understanding to draw from, (2) a spiritual formation that enables them to be and to continue to develop as the type of person who can minister long-term and is appropriate for others to follow and emulate, and (3) a set of ministry skills that makes the person effective at serving others in ministry. If any of these three elements is missing, the curriculum is lacking and the outcome is a poorly equipped, perhaps unequipped person, who is liable to fail in fulfilling their calling.