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New Brunswick Theological Seminary, which has its main campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was founded in 1784, and is the oldest independent Protestant seminary extant in the United States. It is one of two operated by the Reformed Church in America (RCA), a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States that follows the theological tradition and Christian practice of John Calvin. First established in New York City under the leadership of the Rev. John Henry Livingston, who instructed aspiring ministers in his home, the seminary established its presence in New Brunswick in 1810. Although a separate institution, the seminary's early development in New Brunswick was closely connected with that of Rutgers University (formerly Queen's College and Rutgers College) before establishing its own campus in the city in 1856. Since 1986, the seminary has offered classes at a satellite campus on the grounds of St. John's University in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York. New Brunswick Theological Seminary offers professional and graduate degree programs for candidates for ministry, and to those pursuing careers in academia or non-theological fields. It also offers certificates and training programs to lay church leaders seeking advanced courses in Theology, Bible studies, Church History, and Servant Leadership. While rooted in the Reformed faith, New Brunswick Theological Seminary is dedicated to providing a comprehensive Christian education as "an inter-cultural, ecumenical school of Christian faith, learning, and scholarship committed to its metro-urban and global contexts." As of the fall semester of 2012, the seminary enrolled 197 students. ==Administration and organization== The Reformed Church in America (RCA) operates two seminaries in the United States—New Brunswick Theological Seminary and the Western Theological Seminary founded in 1866 in Holland, Michigan.〔Reformed Church in America. (Educational Institutions – Seminaries ). Retrieved August 24, 2013.〕 New Brunswick Theological Seminary, was established in 1784, and offers classes on two campuses.〔 The seminary's campus in New Brunswick, built in 1856, is at the corner of College Avenue and Seminary Place. Since 1986, courses have been offered on the campus of St. John's University in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York. According to the seminary's by-laws, the RCA's General Synod entrusts the management of the seminary to a Board of Trustees empowered to exercise control of institution's finances, securities, and property for the purpose of participating "in God’s own laboring to fulfill God’s reign on earth."〔New Brunswick Theological Seminary. ("Constitution and Bylaws" ) (June 2011). Retrieved 16 September 2013. (Google's cached version is used because of its availability as the current version of the document is in a password-protected section of the NBTS website).〕 The board consists of twelve to twenty-four trustees, serving for three-year terms, who are required to be "confessing Christians who acknowledge a commitment to the authority of the Bible over all matters of faith and practice, the sovereignty of God, and the Lordship of Jesus Christ over all of life."〔 A majority of the board's members must be RCA members, and each of the church's regional synods are represented by one member.〔 The president and the General Secretary of the RCA's General Synod serve as ''ex officio'' members of the board without a vote.〔 The by-laws further empower the seminary's trustees to provide it "with such property and buildings; faculty, administration, and staff; library and information resources; equipment and supplies as are necessary for the effective accomplishment of the Seminary's purpose."〔 The board of trustees selects the seminary's president, who is elected for a five-year term and can be reelected to successive terms by the board. The president can be removed by a two-thirds vote of the trustees.〔 The current president of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary is the Rev. Gregg A. Mast, a clergyman who has served congregations in New Jersey, New York, and Johannesburg, South Africa, and held leadership positions within the Reformed Church of America.〔Reformed Church in America ("News: NBTS Graduate Returns as President" ) (news release) (3 February 2006). Retrieved 13 August 2013.〕〔New Brunswick Theological Seminary. (Faculty Directory: Gregg Alan Mast, President ) (curriculum vitae). Retrieved 13 August 2013.〕 Mast is an alumnus of the seminary, having received a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree in 1976.〔〔 He was appointed by the trustees as the seminary's 14th president in 2006 as a replacement for Norman J. Kansfield, who was suspended from the ministry and dismissed as the seminary president in 2005 after officiating at his daughter Ann's same-sex marriage.〔Ramirez, Anthony. ("Seminary Votes Out Leader Over Daughter's Gay Wedding" ) in ''The New York Times'' (12 February 2005). Retrieved 31 August 2013.〕〔Ramirez, Anthony. ("Minister Faces Church Trial for Performing Gay Wedding" ) in ''The New York Times'' (17 June 2005). Retrieved 31 August 2013.〕〔Percy, Lily. ("Gay Wedding Was A Trial For The Reformed Church" ) from ''NPR News'' (25 November 2012). Retrieved 31 August 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Brunswick Theological Seminary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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