Mission and Goals

The conviction of City Seminary is that every student called to ministry should have the opportunity to be trained and prepared for the gospel ministry without having to relocate to another area.

Although attendance at denominational seminaries will likely continue to be the norm for most candidates for the ministry, the denominational system is not without problems—primarily of a practical nature. The necessity of uprooting one’s family, incurring substantial debt, or being separated from one’s home church has proven too great a burden for many who are otherwise qualified.

At City Seminary, we want to make seminary education as accessible as possible for the greatest number of students. For twenty years, we offered in-person classes, but the pandemic changed all that. Our conversion to online classes not only allowed our local students to continue their education, but it opened up our unique program to students across the United States, and the world.