City Seminary of Sacramento

City Seminary of Sacramento is a conservative, evangelical theological college, in Sacramento, California.^[1][2]

History

Established in 2000, it offers a seminary education to students from a variety of denominational backgrounds.^[1][2] It is dedicated to the philosophy that "no student called to the preaching ministry should be denied an education for financial reasons." Since its founding, the seminary has raised private funding to supply all scholarship requests, and as a matter of policy, forbids students to go into debt to pay for tuition.

The faculty are all from either the Reformed Church in the United States or the Presbyterian Church in America. The student body is drawn largely from among the Sacramento area's minority communities and caters especially to older working students with families that cannot afford to leave their employment and travel to a distant seminary.

City Seminary grants undergraduate divinity, as well as Master of Divinity degrees.^[2] This does not mean the state 'accredits' the seminary's degree programs, nor has the seminary sought secular accreditation. The curriculum is a classical reformed studies program that emphasizes proficiency in Greek and Hebrew, with a strong emphasis on presuppositional apologetics and biblical inerrancy.

City Seminary publishes the quarterly journal Leben.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "History magazine reveals America's true history. Fast-growing Leben unveils nearly lost Christian stories". WorldNetDaily. May 21, 2009. http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=98729#ixzz1JBbDxxja. Retrieved 2011-04-11. "The seminary founded Leben five years ago as a way of teaching future pastors the importance of knowing the sacrifices and faithfulness of those who have gone before us, ... Although the seminary is a very conservative evangelical school, the magazine has been widely embraced by readers coming from a broad range of denominational backgrounds. The church today is divided along so many fissure lines, but we can all celebrate the labors and sacrifices of the missionaries, patriots and martyrs who have gone before us. I think that's why Leben seems to cross so many denominational barriers." 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "New seminary a wish come true. No need to travel for degree". Sacramento Bee. November 27, 2000. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0480A866A4262&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM#ixzz1JBXl6Wjg. Retrieved 2011-04-11. "City Seminary of Sacramento which is nondenominational offers master's degrees in divinity and theological studies and limited undergraduate divinity ..." 

External links

• Official website
• Leben. Quarterly history magazine of City Seminary