Emmanuel Bible College is announcing a significant strategic organizational rebrand and a restructuring of its academic offerings, set to take place in September 2024. As part of this transformation, all current programs will be discontinued to make way for a one-year certificate program, designed to provide students with a comprehensive and focused educational experience to develop strong leadership skills, biblical …
A Message From the President – May/June 2022
Dear Emmanuel Community, I want to bring you up to date on the latest College news. My last announcement indicated that Slate Church was looking to purchase the property at 100 Fergus. The purchase will be completed by the end of June. Emmanuel will continue to operate as an independent residential college on the property, and Slate will join with …
REMEMBERING DR. TOM DOW: February 5, 1940 – December 8, 2021
Please join us in reflecting on the life and ministry of Dr. Thomas Edward Dow, who went to be with his Lord and Saviour on December 8, 2021 at the age of 81. Known as “Mr. Emmanuel,” Dr. Dow served as President of Emmanuel Bible College from 1988 to 2002, and again as Interim President from 2009 to 2012. He …
Emmanuel Bible College Offers Enhanced New Student Bursary
Emmanuel Bible College is excited to announce that we will be offering an enhanced New Student Bursary of at least $500 to $1,000 per semester to new students for the 2021/22 academic year. The previous New Student Bursary provided $250 to $750 per year. These bursaries were made possible by the generosity of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. …
Christian School Foundation partners with Emmanuel to offer scholarship
Emmanuel Bible College is happy to announce an exciting new partnership with Christian School Foundation! The Foundation is partnering with us to offer scholarships to new students from Christian high schools across Canada. Seven scholarships of $2,500 each will be available: two for students from Christian high schools in Ontario and one for a student from each of the provinces …
Alumni Lead Charity That Helps Veterans Find Healing
February 25, 2021 On a scenic country road in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, lies a twenty-one-acre horse farm with a large, beautiful home. At first sight, the property might seem unexceptional for the County, which is known for its agricultural heritage and its Mennonite and Amish residents. However, what goes on at the farm is truly extraordinary. The property is the …
From Math Wiz to Greek Master: How Dr. Murray Baker Has Used Two Disciplines to Build God’s Kingdom
January 28, 2021 Many would think that becoming a professor of New Testament Greek would require single-minded focus and a career’s worth of laborious study. Some professors do take such a path, spending the majority of their professional lives handling Greek documents and teaching the language to students. But Dr. Murray Baker, Emmanuel’s adjunct Greek professor, has a very different …
Professors, Students Connect through Online Class Sessions
January 14, 2021 This week, with the Winter semester underway, Emmanuel instructors are using online class sessions to enhance the student learning experience. The sessions are the distinctive feature of the newly designed Distance Education Plus (DE+), which is a modification of the College’s longstanding independent-learning format, Distance Education. The purpose of DE+ is to offer students more interaction with …
Take Up Your Manger? A Christmas Reflection
December 23, 2020 In Romans 6:1–11, Paul draws a brilliant connection between the death and resurrection of Christ on the one hand and the Christian life on the other. Believers die, in a sense, with Christ and also share in His resurrection through the experience of the Spirit-empowered Christian life and, later, through the glorious resurrection. Believers also share in …
‘Mr. Emmanuel’ Reflects on Eight Decades of Christian Education
December 17, 2020 This year, in celebration of the College’s eightieth anniversary, we have been posting monthly articles on the history of the College. The full list is provided at the end of this page. In bringing the series to a close, there was no better way to honour and reflect on the College’s eight decades of ministry than to …