Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary

**Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary**
Motto	Doctrininally Biblical Distinctly Baptist: The first duty of preachers is to preach!
Type	Theological college & Seminary
Established	1978
Affiliation	Baptist
President	Rev. Alan Feere
Location	Simcoe, ON, Canada
Campus	Urban
Colours	Red and White
Website	baptistbiblecollegecanada.org

Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary was established by Dr. Harry Strachan Sr. in 1978. It was officially incorporated by the province of Ontario on May 25, 1984 under the Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary Act. The college presently operates as a distance education school training pastors for Baptist churches in Canada and elsewhere.^[1]

Status

In 1984, the Ontario legislature officially recognized the seminary as a degree-granting institution through the passage of "An Act to Incorporate Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary, 1984".^[2]

Governance

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

Academic Programs

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The institution offers undergraduate programs.

Undergraduate Programs include:

Associate of Theology Diploma (2 years)
Associate of Religious Education Diploma (2 years)
Graduate of Theology Diploma (3 years)
Graduate of Religious Education Diploma (3 years)
Bachelor of Theology Degree (B.Th.) (4 years)
Bachelor of Religious Education Degree (B.R.E.) (4 years)

Graduate Programs include:

Master of Religious Education Degree (M.R.E.)
Master of Theology Degree (M.Th.)

Post Graduate Programs include:

Doctor of Religious Education Degree (D.R.E.)
Doctor of Theology Degree (Th.D.)

References

↑ General Information, Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary website, retrieved July 25, 2014
↑ General Information, Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary website, retrieved July 25, 2014

External links

Official website

Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions

Public Universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Dominican Guelph Lakehead Laurentian Laurier McMaster Nipissing OCADU Ottawa Queen's RMC Ryerson Toronto Trent UOIT Waterloo Western Windsor York

Private Universities^[2]	Baptist Bible College Canada Canada Christian Canadian Reformed Seminary Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Bible College Heritage Baptist Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies ICS Maimonides Master's Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot College Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto

All above institutions are either established through an Act of the Legislative Assembly or through a Royal Charter

Degree Programs Offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler School of Professional Psychology CMCC RCC

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Iona King's Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's

Community colleges

Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology	Algonquin^† Boréal Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† La Cité^† Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†

Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†

Institutes of Advanced Studies	Georgian^†

^†Degree programs offered

Other recognized institutions

Specialist institutions	Michener

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Huntington Iona King's PIMS Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's Thorneloe

Aboriginal institutes

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

Canadian seminaries

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