Anhui Theological Seminary
Anhui Theological Seminary ({{zh|s=安徽神学院 |t=安徽神學院 |p=Ānhuī Shénxuéyuàn }}) is a Protestant institution founded by the Anhui Christian Councial for theological education. It is a provincial seminary located in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province in China.{{cite web |title=Anhui Theological Seminary |date=2023-08-16 |publisher=China Christian Council |url=https://en.ccctspm.org/churchinfo/370 }}
History
In March 1986, Anhui Theological Seminary was established by the Anhui Christian Councial. In June of the following year, the school started running a two-year study program in the Hefei Christian Church.{{cite web |title=安徽神学院 (Anhui Theological Seminary) |date=2022-05-30
|url=https://www.ccctspm.org/churchinfo/264 |publisher=the Protestant Church in China |language=Chinese}}
In 1991, the seminary ran a one-year training class in theology.
In 1992, the school moved to a rented house in the north suburb of Hefei.
In 1996, a piece of land of 12 mus was purchased for the construction of a new campus.
In 1997, the school started to offer three-year college programs in theology.
In 1999, the new campus was built, with about 6,000 square meters of floor area.
Present situation
The mission of the seminary is to cultivate Christian pastoral successors who have certain theological attainments and can lead believers on the path of loving both the motherland and the religion.
The subjects offered by the seminary includes the Reconstruction of Theological Thinking, Commentaries on the Old and New Testament, Christian Theology, Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Christian Ethics, Worship Studies, Church Management, Pastoral Counseling, and Sacred Music, etc.
Currently, there are about 170 students enrolled in the school. A total of more than 2,400 students have graduated from the theological programs and training classes, and most of them are engaged in pastoral work in Anhui churches.{{cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=安徽神学院举行2024-2025学年秋学期开学典礼 (Anhui Theological Seminary holds opening ceremony for the fall semester of 2024-2025) |publisher=福音时报 (Gospel Times) |url=https://gospeltimes.breadoflife.cn/article/index/id/75674 |language=Chinese}}{{cite web |title=102 Students, Pastors Graduate From Anhui Theological Seminary |author=John Zhang |date=2023-07-24 |url=https://chinachristiandaily.com/article/13036 |publisher=The China Christian Daily }}
The current president of the seminary is Rev. Chen Tianyuan. The faculty includes 11 full-time teachers and some part-time teachers. And the seminary has holden several training courses for improving teachers' teaching ability.{{cite web |title=安徽神学院举办第三期教师教学能力提升培训班 (Anhui Theological Seminary holds the third training course for teachers to improve their teaching ability) |date=2024-07-29 |publisher=安徽省民族宗教事务委员会 (Anhui Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission) |url=http://mwzjj.ah.gov.cn/zxzx/zhyw/40714900.html |language=Chinese}}
The campus covers an area of 12 mus, where there are teaching buildings, dormitory buildings and an auditorium, etc.{{cite web |date=2019 |title=全国21所神学院校之一——安徽神学院 (Anhui Theological Seminary, one of the 21 theological schools in China) |publisher=爱神家园 (Eros Home)
|url=https://www.igoodtv.com/p/850925.html}} The school library has a collection of over 30,000 books.
The seminary is also a station of the United Bible Societies for bible resources distribution.{{cite web |author=May Ang |publisher=UBS China Partnership |title=The Chinese Study Bible: How it Blesses a Student Preparing for the Ministry |date=2023-10-23 |url=https://ubscp.org/chinese-study-bible-blesses-student-for-ministry/ }}{{cite web |author=May Ang |publisher=UBS China Partnership |title=Deeper Appreciation of God’s Word and His love |date=2022-12-30 |url=https://ubscp.org/deeper-appreciation-of-gods-word/ }}
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External links
- https://en.ccctspm.org/ Official website of China Christian Council
Category:Protestant seminaries and theological colleges