Formation

The Commission on Theological Education was established by the Executive Committee of the World Reformed Fellowship at its General Assembly held at Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 7-10, 2006. The mandate given is “to facilitate international cooperation among those involved in the work of evangelical Reformed theological education to the end that the entire Church of Jesus Christ is strengthened.”

The Need

The need was keenly felt by the participants at the Assembly that we should form a network of theological schools that hold to the Reformed faith, and of seminary teachers, mostly from the Two-Thirds World, who have been trained in Reformed seminaries in the West and now serving in schools not necessarily of Reformed theological persuasion around the globe. They need support and encouragement.

The Objectives

1. To promote fellowship among theological schools and teachers who share the common evangelical Reformed faith; 

2. To share resources and experiences such as library, learning and teaching, by means of visits, communication, short-term teaching and conferences; 

3. To explore ways to maximize the impact of Reformed theology on leadership development by means of curriculum design, spiritual formation, contextual theological construction; 

4. To discuss and study issues of concern such as accreditation, mentoring, online education, placement assistance, and to share our findings through publications and the WRF website.

Members of the Commission 

Chairman: Dr. Wilson W. Chow (Hong Kong, China)
Dr. Augustus Nicodemus Lopes (Brazil)
Dr. Jack C. Whytock (Canada)
Professor Pierre Berthoud (France)
Dr. Ric Cannada (USA)
Dr. Bryan Chapell (USA
Dr. Samuel Logan (USA)
Dr. Matthew Ebenezer (India)
Dr. Benjamin Intan (Indonesia)
Dr. In-Whan Kim (Korea)
Dr. Andrew McGowan (Scotland)
Dr. Flip Buys (South Africa)
Dr. Peter A. Lillback (USA)