Talk:List of evangelical seminaries and theological colleges

Understanding What is Evangelical and What is Not
Please understand the following about this topic:

-- Evangelical is a subset of Protestant. To learn more you can visit: https://www.thearda.com/

-- The definition of "evangelical" is fluid depending on which country or world region you are speaking about. You can learn more here: https://worldea.org/ You can also see the Regional Evangelical Alliances here: https://worldea.org/our-family/regional-national-alliances/

-- In the United States, the National Association of Evangelicals is the umbrella organization of religious groups that identify as evangelical in the US https://www.nae.org/

-- Evangelical seminaries and colleges are usually affiliated with denominational groups that identify as evangelical and are usually members of one of the umbrella groups. For the US, the ARDA site gives reports based on commonly accepted denominational lists sorted by "Evangelical Protestant," "Mainline Protestant," and "Black Protestant." This is also the groupings followed by other research organizations including PEW Research and Gallup.

-- Many, but not all, evangelical seminaries and colleges are accredited by one of the accrediting agencies that are part of the International Council on Evangelical Theological Education https://icete.info/. They have eight global agencies who accredited evangelical schools (see links: https://icete.info/directory/members/)


 * Africa: Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA)
 * Asia: Asia Theological Association (ATA)
 * Caribbean: Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association (CETA)
 * Europe: European Council for Theological Education (ECTE)
 * Euro-Asia: Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (E-AAA)
 * Latin America: Association for Evangelical Theological Education in Latin America (AETAL)
 * Middle East and North Africa: Middle East-North Africa Association for Theological Education (MENATE)
 * North America: Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE)

- You can find lists of ICETE affiliated accredited schools here:


 * Africa (ACETA) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/africa-actea/
 * Asia (ATA) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/asia-ata/
 * Caribbean (CETA) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/caribbean-ceta/


 * Europe (ECTE) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/europe-ecte/


 * Euro-Asia (EAAA) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/euro-asia-e-aaa/


 * Latin America (AETAL) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/latin-america-aetal/


 * Middle East and North Africa (MENATE) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/middle-east-and-north-africa-menate/

Conclusions:
 * North America (ABHE) https://icete.info/directory/member-schools/north-america-abhe/

-- Renaming the category to "Protestant" would change the underlying definition to a much broader category (and thus merge conservative ("Evangelical Protestant") with more liberal ("Mainline Protestant") schools in the same list. This would be like merging the "World Council of Churches" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Evangelicals who are on opposite ends of a theological spectrum.

-- One way to "test" the appropriate of a school to be listed in the List of Evangelical Seminaries and Colleges is to see what denominational group sponsors the school. From there it is relatively easy task to determine in which list it should appear.

-- The best way to "test" the appropriateness of a school is to start with lists of schools accredited by evangelical accreditation agencies.

-- As always, Wikipedia is finest when editing is crowd-sourced and those with knowledge of this area can provide edits that keep the list within the bounds of the accepted definition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drmissio (talk • contribs) 17:15, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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This article has been flagged because the listed contents have not been verified by research, and citation has not been provided for each listed item. Additionally, the article equates the terms "protestant" and "evangelical", which may be highly disputed based on definition. The terms evangelical and protestant in modern english are not transitive. Changing the article title from "List of evangelical seminaries and theological colleges" to "List of protestant seminaries and theological colleges" would eliminate the problem of incorrect identification, however would not solve the issue of poor/no citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.182.242 (talk) 17:17, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Is this list on Evangelical or Protestant seminaries?
Since the name of the list is Evangelical and not Protestant, why does the list description say both? I think there should be one for Protestant seminaries and this list to be for solely Evangelical seminaries. Thoughts?Preston A. Vickrey (humbly) (talk) 11:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

ToddSt1
There is a guy on here who is arbitrarily deciding what institutions should be on this list and what should not. His name is toddst1. Since the definition of evangelical is loose, so also should this list be. If you add to it, he will delete it and tell you that your opinion is not sourced, however the vast majority of schools in this list are not sourced- even if their own entry pages are self-evident. His ranking on wikipedia contributions is #325, so clearly he spends more time on here than you do, and his presuppositions will outlast your own contributions on here.

As a librarian I understand how one can use "facts" and "sources" to uphold any bias. Todd, just a suggestion- if you want to be perceived as an expert editor, don't hide behind obscurity on your personal page- it discredits your authorative manner on wikipedia articles and deciding what should and should not be. It's a major detriment to this platform. Right Essjay? Credentials=credibilityCoemgenv (talk) 22:36, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

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