What is Theological Education?

Theological education is about handing on the truth of the Gospel from one group of people to another. Paul tells Timothy that he must entrust to faithful men what he himself has received from Paul (2 Tim 2:2). Paul was Christ's apostle and has passed on his infallible teaching in his letters to the churches and leaders of the New Testament. Read More

Is Theological College for me?

Perhaps you are considering college for yourself or for someone else, here are some issues to weigh up in the process of deciding. Let me try to answer the question, Is theological college for me? by describing four types or categories of people. First, there are those who do not need college training. At the top of the list of course is the Lord Jesus himself, and this was something that greatly offended the Jewish leaders (John 7.15). Though he had never studied in the rabbinic schools, he knew the Scriptures better than they did and won every argument with them. So too the apostles were “uneducated , common men” (Acts 4.13), though they had received the intensive training provided by Jesus in the forty days between his resurrection and ascension (Luke 24). Read More

Why come to the Presbyterian Theological College?

All colleges have their strengths and distinctives. At PTC we are no exception. Here are some of the reasons to choose to come study and train with us:

We have a strong commitment to the written Word of God, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. As a result our classes encourage a mastery of the biblical languages, exegesis of the biblical texts, and serious reflection on the great concepts and truths of Scripture in biblical and systematic theology. Read more