Last May 28-30 2019, Israel College of the Bible was visited by a joint team from ATA and the the European Council for Theological Education or ECTE (formerly the European Evangelical Accrediting Association or EEAA). The members of the team are as follows: Dr. Rick Weymouth (ATA Convenor), Dr. Chiu Eng Tan (ATA Member), [...]
A Visiting Evaluation Team (VET) was sent out to the Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) in Taiwan last June 17-19. The team, composed of Drs. Ng Peh Cheng, AssociateSecretary of Accreditation and Educational development, ATA, Dr. Luke Cheung, Vice President, China Graduate School of Theology, and Erwir Chen, Academic Dean, China Lutheran Seminary, Taiwan, [...]
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 [...]
