Why Study at ATS?

ATS offers advantages that make studying at this seminary an attractive alternative:

 

• An excellent international faculty
  Composed of both Asians and Westerners who are committed to high academic and ethical standards, ATS faculty members work well together to demonstrate the international and cross-cultural character of the body of Christ.

• An integrative and socially relevant theological education
  ATS education is Scripturally sound and socially relevant, addressing the needs for personal holiness and for structural and cultural transformation as integral to Christian mission. ATS students are taught that the discipleship of nations, while rooted in a vibrant personal commitment to Christ, cannot in the end be divorced from social issues, community development, and nation building.

• Unity and Freedom in Christ
  As an academic institution, ATS fosters freedom of inquiry and respect for other viewpoints.ATS promotes unity in the essentials of the faith and freedom to disagree in other areas of Christian doctrine. The various denominations represented in the ATS student body are all committed to the Bible as the Word of God, and yet recognize diversity as an expression of their freedom in Christ.

•  World-class education at subsidized rates
  Since tuition fees are subsidized, all students are scholars. Student fees cover approximately one fourth of the seminary’s operating expenses, with the rest of the budget coming from individual supporters and churches here and abroad. ATS provides world-class education at a fraction of the cost of an equivalent degree in the West.

• National and global impact
  ATS encourages students to return home and serve God in their own countries. In contrast to Asian students who study in the West, the foreign students of ATS—from Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam—faithfully return home to fulfill their obligations to supporters and churches, and to apply their theological education to their national ministries. In this way, they globally impact Asia and the world.