Grace Theological College
"The knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness"
Our Story
While we are New Zealand's only theological college that has the historic reformed confessions in our constitution, we are also also fully committed to engaging the world with the good news about Jesus Christ for the salvation of sinners.
Theologically astute New Zealanders had known for many years that our country needed its own Bible college unashamedly committed to the historic reformed confessions. This longing became a reality in 1995 when Grace Theological College launched.
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From that dream came a non-denominational charitable trust which established what is now GTC. Based on the covenantal theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF), our trustees and teachers must subscribe the WCF, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Anglicanism, or the 1689 London Baptist Confession.​​
Our Commitment
We are committed to teaching solid, biblical truths that will equip pastors, missionaries, and all kinds of Christians for a lifetime of ministry.​Our theology is shaped by the Westminster Confession (1646) although we collaborate across denominations. GTC graduates serve as pastors, church-planters, missionaries, university workers, doctors, farmers, lawyers, IT specialists, builders, and many other jobs. Their time at GTC has helped them to see that all of life is ministry and the mission-field is wherever God places you.
Our Goal
Our overwhelming desire is to see God worshipped throughout the earth. Because not everyone worships, then mission exists.
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To support the church's mission, we need labourers. We believe that a solid grounding in reformed theology is the best way to train godly men and women as gospel workers.
We especially desire to see men trained to be ministers of the gospel, so that a new generation of faithful servant leaders would be prepared to carry the gospel into our world.
