saying they should be scholars. Theology is the project of seeking, speaking and showing understanding of what the triune God is doing in and through Jesus Christ for the sake of the whole world, and this is far too important to be left to academics. . Why qualify pastor theologians with a further adjective: public? “Public” means having to do with people in general or in community. Pastors are public theologians because they work in and for local assemblies of the people of God for the sake