Master's College of Theology

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Master's College of Theology
Motto To equip the Nationals as Godly and Dynamic Leaders to serve as Stewards, Scholars, Teacher's, Pastor's and Evangelists to the Church at large with reference to the great commission.
Established 1996
Type Seminary
Principal Rev. B. George Livingston
Director Rev. Ch. Arjuna Rao[1]
Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
17°49′39″N 83°20′36″E / 17.8275°N 83.34333°E / 17.8275; 83.34333
Campus Urban
Affiliations Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore 712 201, Hooghly District, West Bengal, India
Data as of September 2008

Master's College of Theology (MCT) is an ecumenical theological seminary located in Visakhapatnam[2] in Andhra Pradesh in India founded in the year 1996 by Vision Nationals[3], a structure created to oversee ministerial programmes in India.

Since the academic year 2003-2004[4], MCT was affiliated[5] to the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore, West Bengal.[6]. This college is one of the two [7] seminaries in Andhra region to offer university-recognised graduate-level courses in theology.

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[edit] Motto

The College motto[8] is drawn from the New Testament book of Saint Matthew 28:18-20[9].

The motto is to equip the Nationals as Godly and Dynamic Leaders to serve as Stewards, Scholars, Teacher's, Pastor's and Evangelists to the Church at large with reference to the great commission[10].

[edit] Affiliation

John S. Sadananda, an Old Testament Scholar, is the President of the Senate of Serampore College (University).

The Senate of Serampore College (University) to which the College is affiliated is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) [11] of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956[12] (as modified up to 20th December 1985).

Serampore was the first institution[13] to be given the status of a university in India.[14]

The following are the present Officers of the Senate[15]:

[edit] Courses offered & admissions

From the time of affiliation to the Senate in the academic year 2003-2004, the College used to offer the theological degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Divinity[16]. Currently, the College offers the graduate degree of Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.)[17].

[edit] Library

The Library at MCT is maintained by two full-time staff[18] and is well-stocked.

[edit] Campus life

A strict regimen is the order of the day. A usual day begins from 8:00 AM[19] with worship in the Chapel. Once-in-a-week fasting prayers are also integrated into the schedule.

[edit] Staff

[edit] Teaching staff[20]

The current faculty include::

Old Testament

Faculty Succession
  • Joseph Prakash
  • G. Vara Prasad

Sri Nchumpemo

[edit] Visiting Faculty[22]

  • Rev. D. Paul Augustine

[edit] Other staff[23]

  • Librarian

Sri J. Prakash Rao, B.A. B.L.I.Sc., M.L.I.Sc., D.I.S.M.

  • Library Attendant

Smt. R. Manga Kumar

  • Computer Operator

Smt. K. Valli Padma

[edit] See also

Other affiliated colleges in Andhra Pradesh

Theological degrees:

Arms of the Senate of Serampore College (University)

Past Registrar of the Senate of Serampore College (University)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vision Nationals, Founder's Biography. Internet, accessed 24 September 2008. [1]
  2. ^ Calendar 2008-09, Master's College of Theology, Vision Natives, Plot Number 5-7, Kommadi Road, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam 530 041.
  3. ^ Vision Nationals. Internet, accessed 24 September 2008. [2]
  4. ^ Calendar 2008-09, op. cit., p. 1
  5. ^ Senate of Serampore College (University), List of Affiliated Colleges (Graduate and Post Graduate Centres), Internet, accessed 25 August 2008. [3]
  6. ^ Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Education [4] Other Universities. Retrieved April 23, 2006.
  7. ^ The other seminary from Andhra region affiliated to the University in Serampore is the Bethel Bible College, Guntur. There are five theological colleges in Andhra Pradesh, viz., Andhra Christian Theological College (Hyderabad), Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Shamshabad), Master's College of Theology (Visakhapatnam), Bethel Bible College (Guntur, and St. John's Regional Seminary-theologiate (Hyderabad). Of these five, four are affiliated to the University in Serampore while St. John's Regional Seminary is affiliated to a Papal University in Rome.
  8. ^ Calendar 2008-09, p. 1
  9. ^ The Latin Vulgate. [5]
  10. ^ Calendar 2008-09, p. 1
  11. ^ Under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956, University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.[6]
  12. ^ The University Grants Commission Act, 1956. [7]
  13. ^ Murli Manohar Joshi, Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5-9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. [8]
  14. ^ Ibid
  15. ^ Officers of the Senate, Senate Web Site, Internet, accessed 3 May 2008[9]
  16. ^ Calendar 2008-09, pp. 31-32
  17. ^ Ibid.
  18. ^ Ibid. p. 3
  19. ^ Ibid. p. 5
  20. ^ Ibid. pp. 2-3
  21. ^ Arjuna Rao obtained a Th. M. from the Talbot School of Theology, in North America.
  22. ^ Calendar 2008-09, pp. 2-3
  23. ^ Ibid.

[edit] Further reading

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