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Global Access to Theological Education (G.A.T.E.)
Objective: To partner with indigenous seminaries to offer credible, contextualized, graduate training for ministry.
G.A.T.E. is a collaborative effort between GRTS and indigenous seminaries. Through the sharing of faculty and resources, GRTS helps grow the capacity and long-term sustainability of partnering schools. In addition, GRTS benefits by having faculty and staff from the partnering schools visit GRTS who give us a more global perspective on theology and ministry.
We have a G.A.T.E. program in Liberia and we're exploring the expansion of G.A.T.E. in Northern India and Southwest China.
G.A.T.E. Liberia, a partnership between GRTS and the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Liberia (ETSEL), was launched in 2007 and includes:
- 30 Liberian ministry leaders receiving partial scholarships to enroll in M.A. and M.Div. programs specifically developed for the Liberian context.
- All 30 G.A.T.E. Liberia students travel monthly to more rural regions of Liberia to train other Liberian pastors who have never had the chance to receive any formal ministry training.
- GRTS sends our faculty to Liberia to teach one week modules that supplement the courses already taught by ETSEL faculty.
- ETSEL sends their faculty to GRTS for one week modules to give our community a West African understanding of the Scriptures, theology, and ministry.
- GRTS administration provide ETSEL with consulting on areas of need (assessment,, library, curriculum review, etc.)
- GRTS and ETSEL will select 3 of the 30 G.A.T.E. Liberia students to go on for doctorate degrees (preferably in Africa) to come back and teach at ETSEL.
