Clerics coming from overseas especially would benefit from understanding the politics of the country, the political system, the language if they're not very fluent in English. It's important that any gaps be identified. It's not something that should come across as being an insult. |
They'll be identified as not plugging into the mainstream and not representing the community. At this stage, there's a big fog about where they fit in. |
We're trying to put together some sort of guidelines about who can become a cleric. The guidelines are in response to suggestions by the community and clerics ... there are people who are appointing themselves as clerics when they're really just backyard clerics and unqualified. |