Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College

Theological college in Toronto, Ontario

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The Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College is a Reformed Baptist theological college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The seminary trains pastors for the Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada, the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, and other Baptist churches in Canada and elsewhere.^[1]

History

The school was founded in 1927 and is located adjacent to Jarvis Street Baptist Church.^[2] The school was proposed in 1925 by Dr. Thomas Todhunter Shields, editor of The Gospel Witness and pastor of the Jarvis Street Baptist Church, who was dismayed that modernism had taken hold in contemporary theological institutions; namely McMaster University (then located in Toronto), which provided training for Ontario and Quebec's Baptist ministers.^[3]

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."^[3]

From that opening date, continuous classes of students have been trained in the Seminary except for a break of three years during World War II.

In 1948, the seminary split when over 50 students opposed to Shields' control left to form the Central Baptist Seminary under the leadership of W. Gordon Brown. Later the name was changed to Central Baptist Seminary which in 1993 merged with London Baptist Seminary to form Heritage Theological Seminary (see Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary). Today, Toronto Baptist Seminary affirms solidarity and cooperation with similar evangelical institutions.

In the post-war era, Toronto Baptist Seminary has hosted multiple generations of administrators, professors, and students passing through its facilities, notable among them, Michael A. G. Haykin, who was the principal from 2003 to 2007.

Status

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

References

^ "Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College: Mission". Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Hallahan, Micah. "General Admission Requirements". Toronto Baptist Seminary. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
^ ^a ^b History Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto Baptist Seminary website, retrieved June 13, 2008
^ ^a ^b General Information Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto Baptist Seminary website, retrieved June 13, 2008

External links

Official website

Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions
Public universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Guelph Hearst^‡ Lakehead Laurentian/Laurentienne^* Laurier McMaster Nipissing NOSM^* OCAD Ontario Tech Ottawa^* Queen's RMC/CMR^* Sudbury^* TMU Toronto Trent UOF^‡ Waterloo Western Windsor York
Private universities^[2]	Canada Christian Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Heritage Huntington Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Institute for Christian Studies Master's Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot Thorneloe Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel
Public universities grant degrees under the authority of an Act of the Legislative Assembly or a Royal Charter.^[3] Private universities grant degrees under the authority of an Act of the Legislative Assembly or may provide individual degree programs with the consent of the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.^[4]
Degree programs offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler Toronto CCNM CMCC Glenn Gould RCC/Yorkville
Affiliated/federated schools	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Concordia Conrad Grebel Dominican/Dominicain^* Glendon^* Huron Iona King's Martin Luther OAC Renison Saint Paul^* St. Jerome's United
^‡French-language institution; ^*bilingual institution (English/French).^[5]

Colleges
Colleges of applied arts and technology	Algonquin^† Boréal^‡ Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† Georgian^† La Cité^†‡ Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†
Institutes of technology and advanced learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†
Defunct	Grands-Lacs^‡
^†Degree programs offered ^‡French-language institution^[5]

Other recognized institutions
Specialist institutions	Michener Institute

Aboriginal institutes
Anishinabek FNTI Kenjgewin Teg Iohahi:io Akwesasne Negahneewin Ogwehoweh Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Seven Generations Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

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