The Visiting Evaluation Team (VET) consisting of Dr. Joseph Shao, ATA General Secretary; Dr. Theresa Lua, ATA CAED Secretary; and Dr. Lee Wanak, former Dean of Asia Graduate School of Theology and Asian Theological Seminary in the Philippines visited Canadian Chinese School of Theology (CCST) in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada on August 24-27, 2015.
The population of new immigrants from China is growing every year. It grows from 30,000 to 50,000 annually. Currently, there are 1.2 million Chinese in Canada. CCST sees it as an opportunity to use theological education to address the increasing need for trained Mandarin speaking pastors. There are 150 Chinese churches in Toronto, 130 in Vancouver, and a total of over 400 in whole of Canada.
The Mission of CCST is “to educate and equip Chinese believers who are called by God to serve our Lord Jesus Christ effectively at home and around the world to fulfil His great commission.” The origins of CCST began in 2002 with the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE) forum on Chinese Theological Education in Toronto, Canada. Participants of the forum confirmed the need for developing a Chinese School of Theology to better serve the Chinese churches in Canada. After almost two years of discussions and preparations, the Association of Canadian Chinese Theological Education (ACCTE) was finally registered with the Ontario government in March 2004 followed by the formation of CCST at Tyndale Seminary in 2005 (now known as CCST Toronto), CCST Calgary in 2009, and CCST Vancouver in 2015.
Canadian Chinese School of Theology offers Bachelor of Religious Education, Master of Theological Studies, and Master of Divinity
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