Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary
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Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary is an evangelical Canadian institution of higher education located in Cambridge, Ontario
, Canada. Heritage was founded in 1993 through the merger of the former London Baptist Bible College and Seminary of London, Ontario and Central Baptist Seminary of Toronto, Ontario. Heritage is affiliated with The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
but trains students for Christian ministry from a variety of denominations.
Central Baptist Seminary was itself formed out of a split in fundamentalist Baptist ranks when, in 1948, firebrand Baptist leader T.T. Shields, then head of the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec, dismissed Dean W. Gordon Brown. Brown and 50 students then went on to begin a new seminary holding more moderate positions.
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Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
, Canada. Heritage was founded in 1993 through the merger of the former London Baptist Bible College and Seminary of London, Ontario and Central Baptist Seminary of Toronto, Ontario. Heritage is affiliated with The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, often known simply as The Fellowship is a conservative Baptist denomination in Canada. It was formed in 1953 as a result of a merger of the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec and the Fellowship of Independent Baptist...
but trains students for Christian ministry from a variety of denominations.
Central Baptist Seminary was itself formed out of a split in fundamentalist Baptist ranks when, in 1948, firebrand Baptist leader T.T. Shields, then head of the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec, dismissed Dean W. Gordon Brown. Brown and 50 students then went on to begin a new seminary holding more moderate positions.
Accreditation
As an institution granting both undergraduate and graduates degrees, Heritage's degrees are accredited by The Association for Higher Biblical Education and graduate degrees are accredited by The Association of Theological Schools on the United States and CanadaAssociation of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is an organization of seminaries and other graduate schools of theology. ATS has its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has more than 250 member institutions...
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