Tainan Theological College and Seminary (TTCS; ) is a private Presbyterian educational institution in Tainan, Taiwan. It is one of three Presbyterian Church in Taiwan theological schools that trains students for ministry in the PCT, along with

Taiwan Seminary Taiwan Seminary or Taiwan Theological College and Seminary or Taiwan Graduate School of Theology, also known as 'Taishen' (, Taiwanese: ''Tâi-oân Sîn-ha̍k-ī'') is a private Presbyterian educational institution in Taipei, Taiwan. It constitu ...

and Central Taiwan Theological College and Seminary.

History

Founded in 1876 in Taiwan Prefecture by Thomas Barclay, a missionary from Scotland, who served as its first principal until he retired in 1925. The institution was closed in 1940 under the Japanese Imperial government, but reopened in 1949 with Shoki Coe as its principal. Tainan Theological College and Seminary as of early 2020 has twelve full-time faculty members. The school offers degrees in divinity (M.Div., D.Min.), theology, church music, and social work, as well as continuing education programs for clergy and lay members.

Former principals

* Thomas Barclay (1875–1925) * W. E. Montgomery (1925–1940) * Shoki Coe (1949–1965), formerly the director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches *

C. S. Song Choan-Seng Song () (born October 19, 1929) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion. He is perhaps the most widely published Asian theologian alive today, writing Christian theology stee ...

(1965–1970) * Loh I-to (1995–2002), an honorary fellow of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia,

Trinity Theological College, Singapore Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, was founded in 1948 as a union college between Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians for theological training. The Lutherans joined the union in 1963. Academic programmes are offered in both Englis ...

Notable faculty/alumni

* Kao Chun-ming, presbyterian *Wang Hsien-Chih (; 1941–1996), Professor of Theology

References

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