Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PRTS) is a Reformed seminary located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[3][4] The seminary started in 1995 as a school of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, a church association that originated in 1993 from the Netherlands Reformed Congregations. Founded in 1995, PRTS is a graduate school offering degrees on a master's and doctoral level. All of its faculty subscribe to the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards. Dr. Adriaan Neele is the president of PRTS.

Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
MottoPreparing students to serve Christ and His church through Biblical, experiential, and practical ministry.
TypeGraduate – seminary
Established1995[1]
AffiliationHeritage Reformed Congregations and the Free Reformed Churches of North America[2]
PresidentAdriaan Neele
Location
Grand Rapids
,
Michigan
,
 United States

42.984327°N 85.596544°W / 42.984327; -85.596544
Websitehttps://prts.edu/

Because the Heritage Reformed Congregations work closely with the Free Reformed Churches of North America (FRC), the latter also supports PRTS. Since 1998, the seminary has been the official seminary of the FRC, the sister churches of the Dutch Christian Reformed Churches.[5]

International Campuses

Apart from the main campus, PRTS has five global extension campuses in Africa (Pretoria, South Africa), Asia (Taipei, Taiwan), Europe (London, United Kingdom), the Middle East (Cairo, Egypt) and South America (São José dos Campos – SP, Brazil).[6]

Accreditation

The state of Michigan has granted PRTS a degree-granting charter and has approved their degree offerings. Puritan Reformed offers six accredited degrees: the Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Master of Arts in Religion (MA), Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling (MABC), Master of Theology (Th.M.), Doctor of Ministry (DMin), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).[7]

In February 2014, Puritan Reformed became accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.[8]

The Master of Theology (ThM) degree program is also approved at the following five extension sites: Alexandria Governorate-Cairo Governorate in Egypt, London in United Kingdom, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP in Brazil, Taipei City in Taiwan, Pretoria in South Africa.

Research Centers

The Puritan Research Center began in conjunction with the Theological University of Apeldoorn in Netherlands to set up an associated combined doctoral program and to encourage research in Puritan studies.[9]

The Jonathan Edwards Center at PRTS is part of international network centers dedicated to research, education, and publication on Jonathan Edwards and his context. The first Jonathan Edwards Center began at Yale University, and subsequently many such centers were planted in six continents. It was announced during the International Jonathan Edwards Conference at Yale University, on October 4, 2019, that Edwards Center-Midwest would be moving to Puritan Reformed.

The Center for Classical Reformed Systematic Theology was established in cooperation with the nl:Hersteld Hervormd Seminarie part of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for postdoctoral research in Reformed systematic theology.[10]

The Geerhardus Vos Center was established at PRTS for the advancement and dissemination of research that advances the interrelationship of exegetical, biblical, and systematic theology in the context of broadly Reformed epistemology.

References
  1. https://prts.edu/about/history/
  2. About PRTS Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine 1
  3. Morrison, Gary W. (2004-12-25). "Seminary expansion blazes future 'path'". The Grand Rapids Press.
  4. "Gezonde bevinding hoort in een Bijbelse preek" [Healthy belongs in finding a biblical sermon]. Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  5. Kerkredactie (2012-04-02). "Digibron.nl, Seminarie Grand Rapids breidt uit". Digibron.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  6. "Global Campuses".
  7. "Accreditation".
  8. "Member Schools: Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary". ATS. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  9. "TUA en PRTS starten onderzoekscentrum puriteinen". RD.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  10. "Research Centers".


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