Tung Ling Seminary

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Tung Ling Seminary (TLS) is an interdenominational Charismatic seminary located in the town of Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. TLS was established in 1993 as an extension centre of the Tung Ling Bible College in Singapore.

History

TLS traces its development from the 1978 establishment of the Tung Ling Bible School (TLBS) in Singapore as a short term Bible school to train and prepare workers within the larger charismatic movement. The prime movers for the establishment of the TLBS were Goh Ewe Kheng (Church of Singapore), James Wong (Anglican Diocese of Singapore), Des Short (Assemblies of God in New Zealand), Colin Campbell and Gordon Moore. A curriculum was developed with the help of Faith Bible College, Tauranga, New Zealand, and the first batch of students accepted in 1979. The TLBS was eventually renamed the Tung Ling Bible College (TLBC) as it expanded and started to offer degree courses cite book |title=Come Up Higher (Graduation magazine of the School of Ministry 2007) |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2007 |publisher=Tung Ling Seminary |location=Subang Jaya ] .

In 1993, the senior pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle and later president of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship, Eu Hong Seng, initiated the establishment of an extension centre of the TLBC in Malaysia. With the approval of the Board of Directors of TLBC, a Malaysian Board was set up comprising of Eu Hong Seng, Wong Kim Kong (Independent), Richard Toh (Malaysia Baptist Convention), Phua Seng Tiong (Methodist Church in Malaysia), J. S. Devaraj (Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia) and Andrew Phang (Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia) [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/aboutus.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - About Us |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] .

The affiliated Evangelical Theological Seminary ( _ta. Suvishesha Iraiyiyal Kallorie) is part of TLS but has its own administrative structure and focuses on providing training in the Tamil language with a branch campus in Taiping, Perak.

In 2001, a 3 month School of Ministry program was established in India by the Harvest Training Institute with cooperation from TLS. The program is conducted in Tamil and TLS provides significant support to the program by means of subsidies as well as the provision of teaching staff .

Organization

TLS is governed by a Board of Directors. The current Chairman of the Board is Eu Hong Seng and the Board has representation from the Anglican, Baptist, and Methodist churches as well as Independent churches [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/who.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - Board of Directors |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] .

Key personnel

* Principal of Tung Ling Seminary: Ng Wah Lok

* Principal of the Evangelical Theological Seminary: Jagadeesan Kumar

* Dean of the School of Ministry (Mandarin): Paul Huang Yi Chen

* Dean of the Pastoral Interns Program (English): Ng Ay Nee

Programs

TLS offers academic programs leading to the awarding of the following qualifications:

Certificates and Diplomas

* Certificate of Ministry: The certificate program requires the completion of 36 credit hours and is offered in English, Mandarin, and Tamil. The English and Mandarin programs are conducted by the School of Ministry based in TLS' main campus in Subang Jaya [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/som.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - School of Ministry (English) |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/som_mandarin_eng.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - School of Ministry (Mandarin) |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] . The Tamil program is conducted by the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Taiping [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/ets.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - Evangelical Theological Seminary |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] .

* Diploma of Ministry: The diploma program requires the completion of an additional 60 credit hours above the requirements of the Certificate level and is offered in English and Tamil as part of the Pastoral Interns Program cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/pip_awards.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - Awards of Diploma and Degree |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] . The Tamil program is conducted in collaboration with the Asia Theological Association accredited cite web |url=http://www.maranathabiblecollege.in/aboutus.html |title=Maranatha Bible College - About Us |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] Maranatha Bible College in Chennai, India cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/pip_tamil.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - Pastoral Interns Program (Tamil) |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] .

Undergraduate

* Bachelor of Ministry (BMin): The degree program requires the completion of an additional 32 credit hours aboverthe requirements of the Diploma level and is offered in English and Tamil as part of the Pastoral Interns Program . The Tamil program is conducted in collaboration with the Asia Theological Association accredited Maranatha Bible College in Chennai, India .

Postgraduate

* Master of Theology in Practical Theology (MTh in Practical Theology)

: The postgraduate program is based on a combination of coursework and research and requires the completion of 4 modules and is offered in collaboration with Mattersey Hall [cite web |url=http://www.tungling.org/mth.html |title=Tung Ling Seminary - MTh in Practical Theology |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] in Doncaster, England. The degree is validated by Bangor University [cite web |url=http://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/index.php.en?view=course&prospectustype=postgraduate&courseid=380&subjectarea=39 |title=University of Wales, Bangor - Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies/Applied Theology (MTh) |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ] .

Accreditation

The qualifications offered by TLS are validated by the following accredited institutions:

* Diploma in Ministry (English): Validated by Tung Ling Bible College, an institution accredited by the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA) [cite web |url=http://www.atesea.org/amember2.htm#sin |title=ATESEA - Accredited institutions in Singapore |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ]

* Diploma in Ministry (Tamil): Validated by Maranatha Bible College, an institution accredited by the Asia Theological Association (ATA)

* Bachelor of Ministry (English): Validated by Tung Ling Bible College, an institution accredited by the ATESEA

* Bachelor of Ministry (Tamil): Validated by Maranatha Bible College, an institution accredited by the ATA

* Master of Theology in Practical Theology: Validated by Bangor University, an institution whose degrees are validated by the University of Wales, a self accrediting institution established by royal charter under the provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 [cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/ukpga_19880040_en_20#pt4-pb4-l1g213 |title=Education Reform Act 1988 § 214 |accessdate=2008-06-25 |work= |date= ]

References

External links

* [http://www.tungling.org/ TLS Website]
* [http://www.tungling.org.sg/ Tung Ling Bible College Website]
* [http://www.fgt2u.org/ Full Gospel Tabernacle]