"Shaping Transformational Church Leaders"
Understanding Our Future: During the past two years the Presbyterian
College, Montreal has been engaged in strategic planning. The Senate
has concluded that the rapidly changing and changed context of the
culture and the Church has profound implications for the pool of
potential students, the programs required, and the ministries for
which they will be preparing. We serve a denomination confronted
by serious challenges within a culture that is quickly losing any
Christian memory. This particular moment demands faithful Christian
witness and prophetic leadership in theological education. For this
reason, the Senate adopted a report which recommends exploration
of alternate forms of ministry, differing models of theological
education, and an expanded student body preparing itself for a broader
range of futures than the College has traditionally addressed.
Affirming Our Identity: The Presbyterian College is a theological
college of the
Presbyterian
Church in Canada and a member of the Joint Board of Theological
Colleges. It is affiliated with the
McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies and cooperates
with the
University of Montreal Faculty of Theology. The College seeks
to be a centre for education and research in Reformed theology,
open to students and scholars from Canada, the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
It is committed to the Reformed tradition: the sovereignty of God,
the centrality of Christ, the authority of Scripture and the tenets
of the Christian tradition attested to by the ecumenical creeds
and Reformed confessions. As an evangelical and ecumenical community
of faith and learning in the Reformed tradition, it is committed
to the scholarly study of the Scriptures and theology in the service
of the church. Since 1865, the primary goal of the College has been
to educate candidates for the ordained ministry of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada. This remains a vital focus for the Presbyterian
College. Given the changing culture within the Church and without,
we are presented with new challenges and opportunities for theological
education and leadership training. These include education and training
for specialized and lay ministries, preparation of candidates for
ordination within other denominations, leadership development for
current clergy, and the education of lay people seeking to further
their Christian knowledge.
Discerning Our Mission: ''Shaping Transformational Church
Leaders" The Presbyterian College is committed to a threefold
approach to theological education: (1) teaching the Christian faith
in the Reformed tradition, focusing on the prophetic and faithful
proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; (2) developing appropriate
leadership skills for a Reformed and reforming church; and (3) fostering
spiritual maturity within a vital community of faith and learning
in the Reformed tradition. Our objective is to influence the greatest
possible number of students for ordained and other forms of leadership
in the church, shaping leaders who are called by God to transform
communities of faith, focused on Christ, founded on Scripture and
empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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