Last April 11-14, a Visiting Evaluation Team composed of Drs. Teresa Chai, Academic Dean of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS), Philippines; Samuel Sidjabat, President of Tyrannus Bible Seminary, Indonesia; and Rev. Khee Vun Lin, Principal of Anglican Training Institute (Sabah) went to St. Paul’s Theological Seminary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This visit was conducted as [...]
By Dr. Ivor Poobalan, President, Colombo Theological Seminary Background Last April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, a series of coordinated suicide bombings befell Sri Lanka. Known as the Easter Sunday Attacks, the incident left 257 dead, one of which a graduate of Colombo Theological Seminary (CTS) and assistant pastor of Zion Church, to which CTS [...]
May 26, 2019 was eventful for the Biblical Seminary of the Philippines or BSOP. For one, it held its 60th Commencement Exercises with 27 graduates plus 12 graduates from the AGST/BSOP programs (ThM and PhD in Biblical Studies, EdD in Christian Counseling). The guest speaker for this event was Rev. Dr. Caleb Tong. But [...]
The upcoming ATA General Assembly is definitely a very exciting one for it will be the launch of numerous things! Apart from launching the 50thanniversary celebration, among others, we will be launching six new additions to the Asia Bible Commentary Series and they are as follows: 1 SAMUEL by Koowon Kim 1 Samuel is [...]
In addition to the plenary sessions that address core issues in engaging the next generation, we have lined up several breakout sessions or Interest Groups focusing on different areas of needs and challenges in theological education. These breakout sessions along with their facilitators are as follows: Full description of these topics and the [...]
The Board of the International Council for Evangelical Theological education or ICETE has unanimously elected Dr. Michael A. Ortiz to serve as ICETE International Director, succeeding Dr. Riad Kassis, who resigned at the close of ICETE C-18 in Panama last November after six years of highly effective and transformational leadership. Dr. Ortiz will [...]
The first quarter of 2019 allowed us to see one accreditation visit with a VET composed of Drs. Ng Peh Cheng, Associate Secretary of Accreditation & Educational Development, ATA; Rahmiati Tanudjaja, Overseer of Missions Department, Southeast Asia Bible Seminary, Indonesia; and Rev Derek Li, Senior Pastor, Scarborough Baptist Church, Canada. The visit was to [...]
In a little less than 20 weeks, ATA will be holding another General Assembly. And in a time and an age where gatherings, conferences, and pod casts abound, you may be asking “why should I attend this 2019 General Assembly? How different is this General Assembly from the rest?" Well, the upcoming ATA General [...]
The Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) once again expands as another AGST was launched last March 10, 2019. This new AGST is located in North East India (AGST, NEI) and was launched at Shalom Bible Seminary (SBS). AGST NEI is a partnership of the Shalom Bible Seminary (SBS), Zechu- Zubza and Oriental Theological [...]
This quarter saw ATA member institutions in Nepal embark on their second year GATE workshop. 80 faculty from 9 institutions went on a workshop entitled “Teaching Methods for Transformational Education” last 30 January up until 01 February 2019. The 9 institutions are as follows: Nepal Methodist Theological Seminary Nepal Theological College Reformed and Presbyterian [...]
