Beliefs
We are a confessional institution.
The Pastors College is a confessional institution that is founded upon the beliefs and values of Sovereign Grace Churches. Our biblical and theological convictions undergird all that we teach, resulting in an overarching theological unity to our curriculum at every point, with the gospel of Jesus Christ at its center.
Far from producing a rigid conformity, this theological coherence is critical both for the stability of a pastor’s ministry and for the unity of our churches. Unity that endures must be theological at its core--unity in the truth of God’s Word. And since the Pastors College exists to serve Sovereign Grace Churches, the training we provide must serve to strengthen and reinforce the truths we confess together.
We emphasize theological ministry.
As our name suggests, our mission is to train pastors. Therefore, a Pastors College education is not merely theological education in the abstract, but training that equips a pastor to bring the truth of God’s Word to bear upon the lives of God’s people. Nor are the pastoral aspects of our program merely practical. We self-consciously train our students to do what we call “theological ministry”—ministry in which methodology is not incidental, but rather all methodology is informed and shaped by theological conviction.
We instill Gospel-informed values.
Finally, the Pastors College experience is also shaped by certain key values that shape the local churches and ministries of Sovereign Grace, regardless of our context. As a faithful application of our theological convictions, these values help define what it means to be a Sovereign Grace church. Our curriculum endeavors to instill these values with the hope that each student, his family, the church he will serve, and our entire denomination will be strengthened as we endeavor to proclaim in our ministries and reflect in our lives the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.