McMaster Divinity College is an independent evangelical divinity school and graduate seminary in Hamilton, Ontario, affiliated with McMaster University.
McMaster Divinity College is an independent, evangelical divinity school and graduate seminary located at 1280 Main Street West in Hamilton, Ontario. The college develops evangelical Christian leaders for the Church, academy, and society through graduate-level education, spiritual development, and vocational formation. Its educational paradigm is Knowing, Being, Doing, which is woven into every course. The college has more than 300 students enrolled and 18 faculty members.
The college is heir to an educational tradition that reaches back to 1838, when Scots pastor John Gilmour founded Canada Baptist College in Montreal. The theological program was transformed into McMaster Divinity College when McMaster University was reorganized in 1957. It became a separately-chartered affiliate institution with its own degree-granting powers, Senate, and Board of Trustees. The college has been educating Christian leaders since 1887. In 1999, the Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought was created.
The college offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Christian Theology, a Doctor of Practical Theology, an Accelerated MA–PhD Program in Theology, and a Master of Divinity (MDiv). It also offers Master of Arts programs in Christian Studies, Theology and Ministry, and Counselling and Spiritual Care, plus a Graduate Certificate in Christian Studies. The college is accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).
The college has been a full member of ATS since 1954 and was granted the maximum 10-year accreditation standing at the last review in 2019. It is the official ministerial training school of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ). International students may apply by submitting an application, transcripts, and English proficiency evidence.
The campus includes the Nathaniel H. Parker Memorial Chapel. The college also operates the Canadian Baptist Archives.