Regent College

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**Regent College**

Established	1968
Type	Private
President	Rod Wilson
Students	700
Location	University Endowment Lands, British Columbia, Canada
Address	5800 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 2E4
Telephone	1-604-224-3245
Website	www.regent-college.edu

Regent College is a graduate school of Christian Studies, located next to the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an affiliated college of that university. Regent was originally established in 1968 specifically to provide graduate theological education to the laity in addition to training pastors.

Not affiliated with a particular religious denomination, Regent College is a transdenominational Evangelical Protestant institution in its general outlook. It does offer denomination-specific programmes for Baptist and Anglican students. About 700 students are enrolled in full- or part-time studies. Approximately 40% of students are Canadian, another 40% are American, and the remaining 20% come from across the globe. Hong Kong, in fact, is home to more Regent alumni/ae than any other city in the world after Vancouver itself. The school is also popular with students from South East Asia, with many coming from Singapore and Malaysia.

Regent College offers four programs: a Diploma in Christian Studies (DipCS), Master of Christian Studies (MCS), Master of Divinity (MDiv) and Master of Theology (ThM). Concentrations available within these programs include Applied Theology/Pastoral Ministry; Marriage, Family & Community; Missions & Evangelism; Marketplace Theology; Old Testament; New Testament; Biblical Studies; Church History; Interdisciplinary Studies; Christianity & Culture; Christianity & the Arts; Biblical Languages; Spiritual Theology; Theology.

Regent is also known for its innovative and extensive spring and summer school programs. Noted evangelical scholars and artists from all over the world have come to teach one- and two-week courses, including Alister McGrath, Marva Dawn, Vinoth Ramachandran, George Marsden, Simon Chan, Luci Shaw, Jeremy Begbie, Chee-Pang Choong, Mark Noll, Timothy Botts, Alan Torrance, Ralph Wood, Stephen Evans, Alan Jacobs, and Miriam Adeney.

Retired, Emeritus, and Board of Governors professors include theologian J. I. Packer, spiritual theology writer Eugene Peterson, New Testament scholar Gordon Fee, spiritual theology pioneer James M. Houston, marketplace ministry advocate R. Paul Stevens, Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke and philosopher Paul Helm. Dr. Rod J.K. Wilson is the current president. Current well-known faculty include theologian and historian John G. Stackhouse Jr.; Old Testament professors Iain W. Provan and V. Philips Long; literature professor and popular writer Maxine Hancock; historian D. Bruce Hindmarsh; preacher Darrell Johnson; and New Testament professor Rikk E. Watts. Past faculty members include Michael Green, Larry Hurtado, Irving Hexham, John Nolland, Michael Griffiths, and Clark Pinnock.

Well-known graduates include spiritual theology author Mark Buchanan, St Andrews University professor Markus Bockmuehl, Valparaiso University professor Ronald Rittgers, Mystery of Marriage author Mike Mason and Eastern University professor and dean Christopher A. Hall.

Regent College has shared a library and other resources with Carey Theological College. Because of this relationship, Stanley Grenz taught Regent College courses for many years before his untimely death in 2005. The Regent/Carey Library is the busiest theological library in North America, in terms of annual transactions. It is currently being upgraded and the new facility is scheduled to be ready in 2007.

The Regent College Bookstore is a located at Regent College and is the largest theological bookstore in Canada, with an extensive catalogue of audio and video resources.

Technically, the University of British Columbia and Regent College are located in the unincorporated community known as the University Endowment Lands.

Regent College is not associated with Regent University in Virginia.

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