Master's College and Seminary

Master's College and Seminary (MCS) is a Pentecostal institution of higher education in Peterborough, Ontario, that consists of an on-campus Bible college, a global distance education program, and a church-based seminary affiliated with Tyndale University College and Seminary and located in Toronto.

This article is about the Pentecostal college and seminary in Ontario. For the evangelical college and seminary in California, see The Master's University.

Master's College and Seminary
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TypePrivate Bible college and seminary
Established1939 as Ontario Pentecostal Bible College. The name was changed to Eastern Pentecostal Bible College in 1948 to reflect its expanded constituency. In 2001, the name changed to Master's College & Seminary.
Affiliation
  • CHEC
  • ABHE
  • Tyndale University College and Seminary
Religious affiliation
Pentecostal
PresidentRich Janes
Academic staff
5 full-time and various ajunct
Students250
Location
Peterborough
,
Ontario
,
Canada
CampusUrban
Colours
Websitewww.mcs.edu
MCS administration building

History

Master's College and Seminary was established as Ontario Pentecostal Bible School in 1939 in Toronto, Ontario.[1] In 1948, to reflect the expansion of the school constituency to include the Maritime District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada as well as the PAONL, the name was changed to Eastern Pentecostal Bible College. In 1951 the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of Nicholls Hospital in Peterborough and relocated the College to Peterborough, where it became a residential institution. In 1981 the Nicholls Hospital was torn down and was replaced by a new dorm residence for men and women. In 1984, EPBC first began its Bachelor of Theology degree program.

In 2000, the college was merged with Canadian Pentecostal Seminary East (which had been formed in 1996 in cooperation with Tyndale Seminary), and renamed Master's College and Seminary, while the campus moved to Toronto. An Act respecting Master's College and Seminary (formerly Eastern Pentecostal Bible College) was assented to June 29, 2001.

In the summer of 2010, the property in Peterborough was sold to a group of Pentecostal businessmen and MCS moved back to Peterborough to become the anchor tenant in its former buildings, with classes commencing there in fall 2010.

See also

References
  1. Michael Wilkinson, Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 2009, p. 116
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