Using CBTE to Help Churches Become Schools and Schools Become Churches
School Information
Member School:Northwest Seminary
Location:Langley, BC
Country:Canada
Primary Denomination:Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Project Information
Initiative:Pathways for Tomorrow Phase 2
Project Title:Using CBTE to Help Churches Become Schools and Schools Become Churches
Project Description:The School to Church & Church to School Project aims to strengthen and expand Northwest's competency-based theological education (CBTE) and continuing education programs to support and prepare a diverse new generation of pastoral and lay church leaders through accessible, affordable, contextualized, and mentored theological education. Our goals for this project are: to strengthen Northwest's CBTE infrastructure and practices; to expand availability, accessibility, and visibility of Northwest and ACTS CBTE programs; and to strengthen and adapt our CBTE financial model for sustainability and scalability.
Project Area:Business model innovation | Competency-based models | Congregational and denominational collaborations | Institutional restructuring | Non-degree and continuing/lifelong learning | Student affordability and resourcing
Project Start Date:22-Jan-01
Project End Date:26-Dec-31
Project Amount:$823,648
School Informatics
The following information reflects information reported to ATS
in fall 2021 near the start of this Pathways grant phase:
Number of Students (FTE):106
Number of Full-Time Faculty (FTE):3
Student-to-Faculty FTE ratio:35:1
Expenditures, Year Prior (see Annual Data Tables,
T-1.2):$1,884,495