Our Mission
Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, a graduate school in the Wesleyan tradition, exists to prepare men and women for Christlike leadership and excellence in ministry.
Founded in 1983 as the regional center for graduate ministerial education on the Asia-Pacific region of the Church of the Nazarene, APNTS welcomes students from a variety of denominational backgrounds and affiliations who seek to reflect deeply upon Christian faith and life, develop strongly the competencies necessary for effective and fruitful practices of ministry, and share creatively and dynamically the message of transformation in Christ through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
Our Vision
Bridging cultures for Christ, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary equips each new generation of leaders to disseminate the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Asia, the Pacific, and the world.
APNTS is committed to a holistic faith community where a diversity of cultures is celebrated, gender equality in leadership and opportunity is embraced, a character is lived out through ethical choices, faithful stewardship, and a compassionate lifestyle, and worship includes the spiritual, academic, and social life of students, faculty, and staff. As graduates, APNTS alumni are challenged to contextually embody faith in Christ as servant leaders in their vocational pursuits, in their homes and churches, and in their personal relationships.
Our Strategic Objectives
APNTS seeks to:
- Provide solid biblical, theological, historical, and practical foundations for faith and ministry, with a Wesleyan commitment to the authority of scripture, the significance of tradition, the role of reason, and the vitality of personal experience;
- Create a dynamic environment that nurtures spiritual formation, identifies and strengthens spiritual gifts, and reinforces the call to and passion for ministry leadership;
- Lead students to desired outcomes of being, knowing, and doing: loving God with all and neighbor as oneself, having a clear understanding of Christian holiness of heart and life, and leading the people of God with integrity, skill, and holy love;
- Demonstrate the spiritual transformation made possible within a multi-cultural community of committed believers in Christ;
- Empower alumni to reach across ethnic, cultural, gender, class, and geographical boundaries for the sake of the gospel: to make disciples, plant new churches and reproduce missional leaders.