The church led by American pastor and author Tim Keller is launching a new seminary in its hometown of New York, in partnership with a conservative Bible College, to prepare church leaders for ministry in cities around the world.
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, which Keller founded in 2001, is joining with the Reformed Theological Seminary to offer a campus in New York. The new course will launch next year.
Bible colleges in the US are struggling with reduced revenues following the financial crisis, but the RTS, which started in Jackson, Mississippi, is expanding across America in various locations, as well as offering a 'virtual campus' online.
Keller's church has been involved in planting more than 300 churches in 45 cities, including Scotland, Liverpool and London. It is now part of the 'Redeemer City to City' umbrella group. Read more
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