Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College

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name = Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College
motto = Theological education that transforms "XATA Xpieton"


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established = 1927
type = Theological college
president = Dr. G. Thompson
principal = Kirk Wellum
city = Toronto, Guelph & New York
state = ON
country = Canada
campus = Urban
faculty = 12
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colours = blue color box|#072B61 and White color box|#FF0000
affiliation = Baptist
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website= [http://www.tbs.edu www.tbs.edu] |

Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College is a theological college in Toronto, Canada.

Mission

"We believe God's inerrant and infallible Word is the rule for all of life and faith, and the principal means by which the Holy Spirit transforms lives so that the Lord Jesus Christ might be glorified and adored. We aim to train and mentor pastors and Christian workers who have a passionate love for the triune God and a solidly Reformed understanding of His Word."

Inspiration

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord" (Phil. 3:8).

History

The school was founded in 1927 and is currently located at 130 Gerrard Street East near Allan Gardens and has a longstanding relationship with the nearby Jarvis Street Baptist Church. The school was proposed in 1925 by Dr. T.T. Shields, editor of "The Gospel Witness" and pastor of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church who was dismayed by the modernism that was taking hold in contemporary theological institutions. McMaster University's McMaster Divinity College, which provided training for Ontario and Quebec's Baptist ministers, [http://www.tbs.edu/content.php?parentID=11&childID=20&childType=content History] , Toronto Baptist Seminary website, retrieved June 13, 2008] drew Shields' evangelical fundamentalist ire when it appointed a liberal professor to the faculty of theology. Shields, who was on the university's board of governors, railed against the appointment with such ferocity he was expelled from both the university and the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec.Adams, Doug, [http://www.valiantpilgrim.com/index.php?p=1_19_Dr-T-T-Shields "Dr. T.T. Shields"] , Park Lawn Baptist Church] and Shields formed his own Baptist convention, the Baptist Bible Union, and founded his own seminary.

On December 23, 1926, "The Gospel Witness" announced that "Toronto Baptist Seminary, the new Baptist College rendered necessary by the inroads of Modernism, will open its classes on January 4, 1927, in the Seminary Building, 337 Jarvis Street, Toronto."

In 1948, the seminary suffered a split when over 50 students opposed to Shields' control left to form the Canadian Baptist Seminary (later the Central Baptist Seminary). The Bible Baptist Union supported the students and Shields and the Jarvis Street Baptist Church left the union and formed the the Association of Regular Baptist Churches.

In 2002, a satellite campus, the Spurgeon Study Centre, was opened in Guelph, Ontario as a ministry of Grace TrinityCommunity Church. [ [http://www.tbs.edu/pdf/TBSPROSPECTUS20072008_e.pdf Toronto Baptist Seminary prospectus, page 7] ]

tatus

The seminary has conferred theological degrees since its inception. However, in 1982, the Ontario legislature officially recognized the seminary as a degree granting institution through the passage of Bill PR 44. In 1985, the institution changed its name from Toronto Baptist Seminary to the Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College. [http://www.tbs.edu/content.php?parentID=11&childID=25&childType=content General Information] , Toronto Baptist Seminary website, retrieved June 13, 2008]

Governance

The seminary is governed by a board of trustees, roughly half of which is made up of members and officials of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church, and a Senate composed of the faculty, school administrators and several trustees.

Programs

The institution offers one and two-year Bible diplomas, a three-year Bachelor of Theological Studies, four-year Bachelor of Theology, a graduate Certificate of Theological Studies, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Divinity and Master of Theology. A PhD is also offered in conjunction with Irish Baptist College in Belfast. [ [http://www.tbs.edu/pdf/TBSPROSPECTUS20072008_e.pdf Toronto Baptist Seminary prospectus, page 9] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.tbs.edu Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College]