Regent College

The bookstore has a great selection! I got everything I was looking for, with great service!

there were many great books at book store. what a mavoulous!

A place to abide, to seek, to find more than answers. True living water here.

Has completely formed my Christian thought, imagination and character in ways that still surprise me. I will be unpacking what I gleaned from Regent for years to come. Thank you Regent!

Am Rev. Benjamin Boateng from Ghana Accra. In fact I've been dreaming to have this opportunity for the past 5 years. Finally the opportunity is here thank God for paving the way for me this is a dream come true and I really can't wait to start impacting my self with great information as far as Ministerial and Christian Study's is concerne. It's my prayer that the almighty God will continue to bless Regent College Canada Vancouver and expand the borders of the School so that those especially in Africa who cannot afford to come to Canada to school in Regent College can also gain access to Enlighten themselves in Regent College GOD BLESS US ALL.

After three years here, I still enjoy the kind of academic community this place can offer to anyone seeking grad studies. For book aficionados, the library and the bookstore are a treat!

An oasis in a desert. A place where lifetime friendship happens. A school that fosters community in a city that is in dire need of genuine relationships. Regent does so by providing a place of hospitality where people feel welcome, by bringing its students into the Bible deep and wide, and by sending their students out into the world to sow seeds of hope.

Regent College is a graduate school of Christian studies, located next to the campus of the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands west of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is an affiliated college of that university. Not affiliated with a particular religious denomination, Regent College is a transdenominational evangelical Protestant institution in its general outlook. The school's stated mission is to "cultivate intelligent, vigorous, and joyful commitment to Jesus Christ, His church, and His world." About 500 students are enrolled in full- or part-time studies. In any given year, one-third to one-half of students are Canadian, another one-quarter to one-third are American, and the remaining twenty to thirty per cent come from around the globe. Chinese students make up a considerable proportion of the latter group, whether from the Mainland, Taiwan, or the Chinese diaspora. Hong Kong is home to more Regent alumni/ae than any other city in the world after Vancouver. Regent includes many students each year from Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with recent students coming from countries as diverse as Kazakhstan, Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Finland, and Brazil. Regent was established in 1968 to provide graduate theological education to the laity, and only in 1979 started a program to train students who will become clergy. After the first summer school class, the graduate Diploma of Christian Studies began; within two years, enrollment grew from 4 to 44 students and the Master of Christian Studies was added. Affiliation with UBC followed in 1975, and accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools in 1985. The last comprehensive evaluation occurred in 2010. The principals and presidents of the college have been James M. Houston (1970–1978), Carl Armerding (1978–1988), Walter Wright Jr. (1988–2000) and outgoing president Rod Wilson (2000–2015). Jeffrey P. Greenman began his term as the fifth president on February 1, 2015. Greenman is the first alumnus of Regent College to become president. Regent initially rented rooms in various buildings at UBC, including St. Andrews Hall and Vancouver School of Theology, and occupied two fraternity houses on Wesbrook Mall for a time. In 1989, Regent moved into its own new building in the current location at the corner of Wesbrook & University, with the distinctive green roof. A subsequent capital campaign finished in 2006, adding the John Richard Allison Library and the Windtower to Regent College's architectural distinctiveness. On Tuesdays during fall and winter term, the college community gathers for chapel, followed by optional community group meetings and a lunch of homemade soup and bread. The Regent College Student Association oversees a variety of student life activities and services, including Taste of the World, book sales, an annual Christmas Party, an annual retreat, the Regent Spouse's Network, and more. Because Regent is a UBC affiliate school, Regent students qualify for the U-Pass and the AMS insurance plan, and may make use of other UBC services such as the library system, health centre, and the pool. More than 4,500 students have graduated from Regent College and, due to the summer programs, over 30,000 students have taken classes. After Vancouver, Hong Kong hosts the second greatest number of Regent graduates, with other major pockets in Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Singapore and London. At present, Regent College employs 17 full-time faculty. Notable faculty emeriti include Eugene Peterson, Maxine Hancock, Loren Wilkinson, Gordon T. Smith, Paul Stevens, Gordon Fee, J.I. Packer and Bruce Waltke. Summer school classes are often taught by some notable Christian thinkers, including N.T. Wright, Andrew Walls, Luci Shaw, Richard Mouw, Alister McGrath, Malcolm Guite, George Marsden and Mark Noll. For a complete list of current faculty, emeriti, and notable alumni, see List of Regent College alumni and faculty.