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Christian College in

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, Canada.

History

Horizon College and Seminary originated as a small school known as Bethel Bible Institute, that George Hawtin began in Star City, Saskatchewan, in 1935. George Hawtin, the local pastor, moved the school to Avenue A and 29th Street Saskatoon in 1937. In 1945, the college became the property of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. In 1947, the college came under the direction of the Saskatchewan District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. In 1962, its name was changed to Central Pentecostal College, under the joint sponsorship of the Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario and Saskatchewan Districts of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. From 1963 to 1974, the college purchased the former Lutheran Theological Seminary building and some land just off 8th Street East. A new residence was erected in 1969 which can house seventy-two students. From 1974 to 1984 a 150-seat lecture theatre, an expanded library, and a new office complex were added to the existing education building. Central Pentecostal College was granted Affiliate College status by the

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on July 1, 1983. On May 1, 2007, the college changed its name from Central Pentecostal College to Horizon College and Seminary as it began offering some graduate courses toward the ATS-accredited Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Christian Studies, and Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree programs at Providence Theological Seminary. Significant improvements have been made under President Martini. At the 2014 fundraising gala events in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, the College announced it would be switching its curriculum to a competency-based curriculum in Fall 2015, naming the campaign Horizon 8.0. The impetus behind the shift to CBE (competency-based education) was ensuring that students graduate having demonstrated their abilities according to six competencies that ministry practitioners have identified as necessary for success in Christian life and ministry. These include biblical and theological literacy, ministry development, leadership and administration, spiritual maturity, skilled communication, and contextual awareness.

Affiliations

Horizon College and Seminary is affiliated with the

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. Therefore, its students have access to the

campus (a 15-minute walk). In addition, the college is a theological college of The

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. This allows Horizon to offer multi-denominational programming, including credential tracks, in four different denominational streams. Horizon College and Seminary is accredited by the

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. More recently, the school has also gained status as an associate member of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada and is currently pursuing full accreditation with this association.

Campus

Previously, Horizon College and Seminary was located in a quiet residential neighborhood at the corner of Jackson Avenue and 7th Street East in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The campus included men's and women's residences, prayer chapels, a dining room, lounges, and laundry facilities, classrooms, lecture theater, offices, a bookstore, and the college chapel. In 2021, HCS moved to a new state-of-the-art facility located at 604 Webster Street, just off Attridge Drive in North-East Saskatoon. The move has located the school in closer proximity to its partner institutions like the ''University of Saskatchewan'' and ''Saskatchewan Polytechnic''. The new campus does not have dorms, but accommodates to out-of-town students by connecting them with a list of close-by rental properties. The brand new facility embraces the new trend of online learning by offering an immersive live-streaming experience that allows students to virtually attend classes anywhere in the world.

References

All facts, unless otherwise stated, are from Institute's web site.

External links

Horizon College and Seminary (Formerly Central Pentecostal College)Providence Theological Seminary
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