Training Schools & Programs
Here are some programs and seminaries which we hope can help train and equip new leaders.
Curacy Program
One of the ways we are seeking to pursue this value is by helping provide young clergy opportunities to minister in well established parishes as curates under a more senior clergy member who is able to act as an instructor and mentor. We’re calling this initiative our Curacy Program.
As a curate a young clergy person can gain real ministry experienced within a congregation, and receive guidance and oversight, while providing that congregation with added leadership and service.
Packer College
Packer College is our Diocesan theological seminary. It was birthed out of the work and vision of members of our diocese, specifically to serve and supply our diocese with ordinands well trained in ministry and in the faith. Packer’s mission is therefore well aligned with ours as a diocese. It reads:
Training leaders to build biblically faithful, gospel sharing, Anglican churches.
You can learn more about Packer College here:
The Artizo Institute
The Artizo Institute provides an apprentice-based program for training and equipping young Christian leaders.
It was founded in 1998 in Vancouver by Rev. Canon David Short and some members of St. John’s Vancouver. The institute has mentored and trained 99 faithful ministers, 81 of which are in paid ministry.
Artizo aims to fill Canada with the sound of God’s word by equipping young leaders for gospel ministry.
Artizo provides an intensive hands-on 2-year apprenticeship program. The comprehensive curriculum focuses on mentoring and equipping future ministers and leaders to faithfully proclaim the Gospel and in turn entrust it to others.
Artizo is solely funded by donations.
Ryle Seminary
Ryle Seminary is an evangelical, cross-denominational school seeking to equip students for confident gospel ministry. Founded in the Fall of 2012 as Ottawa Theological College, our name was changed in 2015 to Ryle Seminary in honour of John Charles Ryle, the noted Anglican evangelical clergyman, bishop, and biblical commentator of the late 19th century.
We are unashamedly evangelical and reformed in theological outlook, cherishing the spiritual heritage passed on to us from the Reformation. Our objective is to train future generations of Church ministers, missionaries, and leaders, as well as providing lay Christian education. Our faculty and students come from a variety of evangelical denominations.
Clergy members of ANiC serve in both teaching and administrative capacities at Ryle and were central to its founding.
Visit their website for more information.