Abstract
In this paper I wish to focus attention on the following three interrelated issues: (1) the question of current trends in theological education relative to the tasks of ministry in the world, (2) a brief look at two models or scenarios of the Church and the theological problems they raise as Christians struggle with what it means to be faithful in our time, and (3) the crucial relevance of some type of “normative road-map’’ for the survival and transformation of the Church as it engages future society.