History Tyndale University College and Seminary

toronto bible training school 1898 (110 college street, toronto; 1898)



toronto bible training school main hall 1898 (110 college street, toronto; 1898)



tyndale s logo until 2012

the toronto bible training school founded in 1894 group of brethren under supervision of elmore harris pastor of walmer road baptist church. elmore harris became first president. william boyd stewart (former pastor of bond street baptist church) first principal. courses held @ walmer road church first 4 years until relocated new facilities gothic revival building @ 110 college street (demolished after 1928 , site of university of toronto s banting , best department of medical research building since 1930) in 1898 financed chiefly through generous contributions of harris family. (this land had been leased university of toronto). name of school changed toronto bible college in 1912 , in september 1928 relocated 16 spadina road (just north of bloor street , native canadian centre) when lease expired. became first permanent canadian bible school , third in north america. founders vision of tbc train laypeople sunday school teachers, pastors assistants, , city, home , foreign missionaries. institution s leadership largely baptist , presbyterian, included methodists , anglicans. tbc graduation service significant toronto event, held @ massey hall, , moved university of toronto s varsity stadium accommodate crowds large 6,000.

in 1940s, school s president, john mcnicol, steered path between modernism , ultra-fundamentalism (specifically dispensationalism)--both of mcnicol denounced threats health of church. unique position gained tbc support of evangelicals in variety of mainline denominations.

in 1968, toronto bible college merged london college of bible , missions london, ontario. lcbm began in 1935 london bible institute, led j. wilmot mahood. newly merged institution named ontario bible college (obc). merger brought more students toronto-based institution other evangelical denominations including associated gospel churches, brethren, , mennonite brethren. in 1976 obc relocated former jesuit seminary (regis college) in willowdale, toronto (formerly city of north york), designed modernist architect peter dickinson. in same year, institution established graduate school named ontario theological seminary (ots). obc/ots given degree-granting powers government of ontario in 1986, , received full accreditation association of theological schools in 1989.

by 1995, institution had become insolvent , filed make proposal creditors under bankruptcy , insolvency act in canada. new president, brian stiller, , cfo, winston ling, brought on , new board chosen. in 1998 school renamed tyndale college , seminary after william tyndale, reformation theologian of sixteenth century. leadership intended name change indicate vision build world-class centre of christian higher education in canada.

william tyndale

in 2003, ontario legislature authorized tyndale change name tyndale university college & seminary. tyndale given right confer bachelor of arts degree in humanities, social sciences , business, undergraduate, graduate , doctoral level degrees in religion, theology, , divinity. on december 5, 2007, tyndale given ministerial consent province of ontario offer 12-month bachelor of education program prepare teachers primary, junior, , intermediate grades.

in june 2006, tyndale entered agreement acquire neighbouring facility, st. joseph s morrow park, 3377 bayview avenue, sisters of st. joseph of toronto. key reason vatican approval of pending transfer of campus catholic protestant hands tyndale s commitment maintain aesthetically significant chapel sacred space . facility transfer completed on march 31, 2013, , departments , offices moved 3377 bayview avenue in spring of 2015. catholic girls high school continue operate in wing of property until @ least june 2018.

tyndale university college , seminary, formerly morrow park motherhouse of sisters of st. joseph

tyndale seminary largest accredited seminary in canada more 700 students @ masters or doctoral level, , university college received high rankings in 2009 maclean s university issue s measure of student satisfaction (see below). in 2011, student satisfaction amongst highest of canadian universities. while students ranked quality of teaching , classroom discussion above average, maclean s study found institution below average in educational practices, including active , collaborative learning.