Sioux Falls Seminary
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Sioux Falls Seminary, formerly known as North American Baptist Seminary, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
, United States
, is the main seminary of the North American Baptist Conference
, formerly an association of ethnic German Baptist
churches.
The seminary was founded in 1858 in Rochester, New York
, and was known as the German Department of the Rochester Theological Seminary. Its purpose was to train pastors for German speaking people in North America. In 1931, the seminary became known as the German Baptist Seminary, and in 1945, it changed its name to North American Baptist Seminary. In 1949, the seminary relocated to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in order to be more centrally located to its constituents. The name was changed from North American Baptist Seminary to Sioux Falls Seminary on May 18, 2007. In July 2009, the seminary moved into a new, environmentally-friendly campus in central Sioux Falls.
Today, the seminary continues to equip pastors for the North American Baptist Conference in addition to serving many denominations in its region. The school offers on-campus and distance learning, including a new Master of Divinity program in Omaha, Nebraska.
Sioux Falls Seminary offers several Master's level degree programs which include a Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in Christian Leadership, Bible and Theology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Christian Leadership. In addition the seminary offers a Doctor of Ministry degree, graduate level certificates, and non-graduates certificates.
It is known for contextual learning, an approach that allows students to gain ministry experience while earning their degrees. Students are placed in churches and other places of ministry where they are able to preach, teach, and lead worship.
South Dakota
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, United States
United States
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, is the main seminary of the North American Baptist Conference
North American Baptist Conference
North American Baptist Conference - initially an association of Baptists in the United States and Canada of German ethnic heritage.The roots of the NABC go back to 1839, when Konrad Anton Fleischmann began work in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with German immigrants. Fleischmann was a Swiss...
, formerly an association of ethnic German Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
churches.
The seminary was founded in 1858 in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, and was known as the German Department of the Rochester Theological Seminary. Its purpose was to train pastors for German speaking people in North America. In 1931, the seminary became known as the German Baptist Seminary, and in 1945, it changed its name to North American Baptist Seminary. In 1949, the seminary relocated to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in order to be more centrally located to its constituents. The name was changed from North American Baptist Seminary to Sioux Falls Seminary on May 18, 2007. In July 2009, the seminary moved into a new, environmentally-friendly campus in central Sioux Falls.
Today, the seminary continues to equip pastors for the North American Baptist Conference in addition to serving many denominations in its region. The school offers on-campus and distance learning, including a new Master of Divinity program in Omaha, Nebraska.
Sioux Falls Seminary offers several Master's level degree programs which include a Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in Christian Leadership, Bible and Theology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Christian Leadership. In addition the seminary offers a Doctor of Ministry degree, graduate level certificates, and non-graduates certificates.
It is known for contextual learning, an approach that allows students to gain ministry experience while earning their degrees. Students are placed in churches and other places of ministry where they are able to preach, teach, and lead worship.