(ToledoBlade.com) Ministers don’t only work on Sundays, and their education doesn’t stop when they get the “Reverend” title. Their scripture might be ancient, but lifelong learning is a pastoral necessity.

The Rev. Richard Blackburn, the founder and executive director of the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center of Lombard, Ill., was teaching a five-day course addressing church conflict, as part of the peace center’s Mediation Skills Training Institute. The course is offered at locations across the country.

“For this particular program,” the Rev. Blackburn said, “the thing I often hear from pastors is, ‘Why didn’t I learn this in seminary?’

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