Regent College

The College was founded in 1968 as the first graduate school of theology in North America to make education of the laity its central focus. The beginning of such a venture in Western Canada was a response to a growing belief that the new frontiers of lay involvement should be implemented in a strategic centre of trade and commerce. Vancouver proved... ideal because of its location on the Pacific Rim and its access to other capitals of the world. Regent College is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (10 Summit Park Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15275-1103; telephone: (412) 788-6505; website: www.ats.edu). The College is also registered with the Private Post-Secondary Education Commission of the Province of British Columbia. In the mid-1960s in Vancouver, British Columbia, a group of business people got together to discuss the formation of a new theological school. Unlike other theological institutions that trained people for "professional ministry," this school had a distinctive vision. It was a vision characterized by three central elements: it was to be a transdenominational graduate school that prized the denominational heritage brought by each new student, it was to have an emphasis on the whole people of God, and it was to be located on a university campus.Read More