President's Message

God used Seminary to change my life. Each day when I walked on campus I was excited to learn and grow so that I could serve the Lord with my whole being. My settled beliefs were challenged and transformed by the truths of Scripture. My skills as a minister of the gospel grew as I studied people and the world in which we all live. I learned from great professors and met people I still count as friends thirty years later. Seminary education is a life-changing experience. I have taught at Providence Seminary for twenty-two years. I have seen students transformed in their brief time with us. God does an amazing work as students are exposed to the Scriptures, to each other, and to well-trained and highly-skilled professors.

Providence Seminary completed its self-study for accreditation in January 2012. In March, an evaluation team visited campus to assess the programs we offer. In June the Association of Theological Schools Commission on Accrediting reaccredited the Seminary and approved all of our degree programs. We are thankful that God has blessed Providence Seminary for the forty years of its existence. From a small start of just eleven students in 1972, the Seminary now has a total of nearly two hundred students on two campuses and in online education programs.

The Seminary has trained hundreds of pastors, counsellors, educators, administrators, and missionaries. Seminary alumni are spread across the globe and serve the Lord faithfully wherever they are.

At Providence Seminary you will study with professors who are well-educated while at the same time experienced in ministry. You will meet professors personally in their office, in the Seminary lounge, and over lunch in the Reimer Student Life Centre.

At Providence Seminary you will study Christian theology from a broadly evangelical perspective. We are an interdenominational school that prides itself on sending people back to the denomination of their choice with an understanding of many Christian traditions including their own.

As an evangelical Seminary you will get a full dose of the Holy Scriptures. God has given us the Scriptures to transform our life. We believe in the power of the gospel.

You will make some of your best friends in Seminary. These are people who will sharpen you, comfort you, and encourage you. They will stick by you for the rest of your life.

I invite you to join us in the great adventure of spiritual transformation in preparation to transform the world.

David H. Johnson
Interim President and Professor of New Testament