Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN) is a private, Christian college located in

Bukuru Bukuru is a city located on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. It was previously considered a separate city from the city of Jos close by, but like every other form of urbanization, the city of Jos has merged with the town of Bukuru to form the Jos-Buk ...

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

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History

TCNN was constituted on November 26, 1958 and came into being in February 1959 when classes started at Gindiri. TCNN moved to its permanent site at

and was dedicated in 1961. TCNN started with two programmes, the Diploma of Theology and Certificate in Theology (now Diploma in Christian Ministry). TEKAN was founded by the National Daughter Churches of the Sudan United Mission and the Church of the Brethren Mission. In 1980 the college started a Bachelor of Divinity programme along with the other two programmes. In September 1991 the college began to offer master's degrees in theology. The college is overseen by Tarayar Ekklesiyoyin Kristi a Nigeria" (TEKAN, The Fellowship of the Churches of Christ in Nigeria). TEKAN is made up of eleven denominations found mostly in the northern part of the country. It is these denominations, which are the proprietors of the college, along with the Anglican Dioceses of Nigeria and the Presbyterian Church, which are associate members of that proprietorship.

Proprietors

* Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) *

Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria The Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (CRC-N) is a Christian church that was established in 1951 under the name "Ekklisiyar Kristi a Sudan (EKAS) Lardin "Benue" meaning, "The church of Christ in Sudan, Benue region", and known under its curr ...

(CRCN) *Mambila Baptist Convention (MBC) *Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) *

Nigeria Reformed Church The Nigeria Reformed Church was a mission project of the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands. The work was started in 1970. In 2000 the denomination had 1,911 members. The church operates in the Izi language, Izi tribe, comprising about a half ...

(NRC) * Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) * Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC) *Nongo U Kristu ken Sudan hen Tiv ( NKST) *United Methodist Church in Nigeria (UMCN) *Haddiyar Ekklesiyar Kristi a Nigeria, Kaduna (HEKAN) *Evangelical Church of Christ in Nigeria (ECCN)

Associates

* Anglican Province of Nigeria *

Presbyterian Church of Nigeria The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria is a Presbyterian church in the Nigeria and subscribes to the Westminster Confession of Faith. The denomination has ten synods, more than 50 presbyteries and over 4,000 congregations, and almost 8,000 ministers a ...

Campus

The chapel is the dominant feature of the campus and the center of campus life. The college is situated 2 km east of Bukuru near Jos. Jos, the

capital city, is 15 km from the college. The tree-lined campus lies at the foot of a rocky hill. The setting is both beautiful and quiet — ideal for studying. The college occupies about of land. The main and original site contains 15 staff houses and two blocks of rooms for single students with kitchen area and students' lounge. In the married students' quarters there are 62 houses. Other buildings are the Women's School, Carpentry Workshop, Dispensary, Chapel, Library, an administrative block containing offices for the Provost, Deputy Provost, Academic Dean, Administrative Officers, Bursar, Registrar and Secretaries, an ACTS bookshop, classroom blocks with an assembly hall and a supplies room. The College has a nursery and a primary school for children of staff and students. To qualify for the lower fees, the children must be the parents' own blood children. Children from the neighbourhood are also admitted. The college also has a day and boarding secondary school for the children of staff, those from the area around the college, and from the outlying areas of

and Jos.

Academic information

From its inception, TCNN has offered certificates and diplomas in theology. In 1980 TCNN began to offer a Bachelor of Divinity degree (BDD) in affiliation with the

University of Jos The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. History What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...

. In 1991 TCNN began to offer a Master of Theology (MTH) with the intention of being affiliated with the University of Jos. Since 1980, the Theological College of Northern Nigeria has been affiliated with the

. It is recognised not only by TEKAN but also by many other church denominations as an excellent institution for the training of future ministers, both academically and spiritually. At present, there are about 300 students at the college.

External links

TCNN website
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