Singapore Bible College (SBC) is an evangelical Bible college in Singapore. SBC has over 500 students, representing 25 countries. The interim principal is Michael Shen.
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History
Singapore Bible College was established in 1952. It was founded by "pastors and leaders from Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and independent churches, with the support of the Chinese Church Union, Christian Nationals Evangelism Commission (CNEC) and the Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF)." According to former principal Albert Ting, it was founded "to uphold the authority of God's Word at the time when the Scriptures were under severe attack from the liberals of that era." Ting asserts that SBC is a "living testimony to the effectiveness and authority of God's Word as we expound a Bible-based theological education."
SBC consists of four schools: two Schools of Theology in English and Chinese language respectively; a School of Church Music and a School of Counselling. The college has a vocal group, the Singapore Bible College Chorale.
SBC is committed to being "Christ-centred," "Bible-based," "Church-oriented," "Missions-directed," and "Context-relevant".
Along with Trinity Theological College, it is one of Singapore's two major theological seminaries. Cheng-tian Kuo, however, argues that the two institutions are divided along language and economic lines: whereas Trinity caters to wealthier Christians by offering courses mostly in English, SBC "enrolls poorer students for most of its Chinese-speaking courses." However, this may be a biased opinion, for it is noted that Trinity does enroll international students, and offers subsidized fee to all students, regardless of financial background.
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Accreditation
Singapore Bible College is accredited by the Asia Theological Association to offer the following degrees:
English
- Diploma in Theology
- Bachelor of Theology
- Master of Divinity
- Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Intercultural Studies
- Master of Arts in Biblical Studies
- Master of Arts in Theological Studies
- Master of Arts in Christian Education
- Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies
- Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling
- Master of Theology
Chinese
- Diploma in Theology
- Bachelor of Theology
- Master of Divinity
- Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies
- Master of Arts
- Master of Theology
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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