Tainan Theological College and Seminary

Presbyterian seminary in Taiwan

22°59′19″N 120°12′50″E / 22.98861°N 120.21389°E / 22.98861; 120.21389Websitehttp://www.ttcs.org.tw/

Tainan Theological College and Seminary (TTCS; Chinese: 台南神學院; pinyin: Táinán shénxué yuàn) is a private Presbyterian educational institution in Tainan, Taiwan. It is one of three Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) theological schools that trains students for ministry in the PCT, along with Taiwan Seminary and Central Taiwan Theological College and Seminary.

Tainan Seminary is one of several PCT institutions in Tainan, along with a middle school, girls' school, Chang-Jung Christian University, and Sin-Lau Hospital.

History

Founded in 1876 in Taiwan Prefecture by Thomas Barclay, a missionary from Scotland, who served as its first principal until he retired in 1925.^[1] The institution was closed in 1940 under the Japanese Imperial government, but reopened in 1949 with Shoki Coe as its principal.^[2] In the modern period, under several principals (Shoki Coe, C.S. Song, and Loh I-to), Tainan Seminary has become famous for its contextual theology.

Tainan Theological College and Seminary as of early 2020 has twelve full-time faculty members. The school offers degrees in divinity (M.Div., D.Min.), theology, church music, and social work, as well as continuing education programs for clergy and lay members.

Former principals

Thomas Barclay (1875–1925)
W. E. Montgomery (1925–1940)
Shoki Coe (1949–1965), formerly the director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches^[2]^[3]
C. S. Song (1965–1970)
Loh I-to (1995–2002), an honorary fellow of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore^[4]

Notable faculty/alumni

Kao Chun-ming, presbyterian
Wang Hsien-Chih (Chinese: 王憲治; pinyin: Wáng Xiànzhì; 1941–1996), Professor of Theology^[5]

References

^ "Introduction". Tainan Theological College and Seminary. Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
^ ^a ^b Wheeler, Ray (April 2002). "The Legacy of Shoki Coe" (PDF). International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 26 (2): 78.
^ Loh, I-to (2012). In Search for Asian Sounds and Symbols in Worship. Singapore: Trinity Theological College. pp. 61–62.
^ Poon, Michael (2015). Athyal, Jesudas M. (ed.). Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 161–162.
^ "Wang Xianzhi". BDCC. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

External links

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Christianity in Taiwan

Churches

Catholic	Catholic Church in Taiwan
Protestant	Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Reformed Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Chinese Baptist Convention in Taiwan Taiwan Lutheran Church Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan Taiwan Holiness Church Taiwan Assemblies of God Church Assembly Hall in Taiwan Taipei Bread of Life Church
Eastern Orthodox	Orthodox Church in Taiwan
Nontrinitarian	True Jesus Church in Taiwan The Church of Almighty God