Reformed theological seminary in Lynnwood, Washington (2000–2018) emphasizing biblical theology and Calvinistic tradition.
Northwest Theological Seminary offered two graduate programs: the Master of Divinity (M.Div.), a 3-year program for ministerial candidates, and the Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.), a 2-year program. Both curricula emphasized biblical-theological methodology, scriptural analysis and exegesis in original languages, church history, and systematic theology grounded in Reformed and Calvinistic tradition. The seminary published Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary, featuring biblical-theological material in the Reformed/Calvinistic tradition.
NWTS operated an unconventional model for a seminary: it owned no buildings and had no plans to construct any. The institution did not seek accreditation, instead measuring itself solely on its perceived biblical mission. Enrollment was intentionally limited to enable personalized mentoring and high faculty-to-student ratios, with some cohorts showing professor-to-student ratios exceeding 2:1.
The seminary's education was built on principles including biblical inerrancy, the centrality of Christ, biblical-theological teaching methodology, presuppositional apologetics in the tradition of Cornelius Van Til, and orthodox confessionalism in the classical Calvinistic tradition. Its doctrine was firmly grounded in the Bible and classic Presbyterian canons, including the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity.