History and Mission:

Northwest Theological Seminary (NWTS) is a graduate level institution of education formally organized on September 15, 2000 in Lynnwood, Washington. The organizational meeting was the culmination of a concerted effort to bring a new Reformed theological seminary to the Pacific Northwest in order to educate laypersons and ministerial candidates in the effective analysis and use of the Scriptures. The specific emphases of Northwest Theological Seminary would be biblical theology in the tradition of Geerhardus Vos; presuppositional apologetics in the tradition of Cornelius Van Til; and orthodox confessionalism in the classic Calvinistic tradition. After a year of prayer and preparation by the Board of Directors, faculty, staff, students and numerous supporters, Northwest Theological Seminary opened its doors at the facilities of Lynnwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Lynnwood, Washington on September 4, 2001.

The education of Northwest Theological Seminary is built on the following principles: the inerrancy of the Bible, the centrality of Christ, the biblical-theological method of teaching the Word of God, the presuppositional apologetics of Cornelius Van Til, the orthodox confessionalism of the classical Calvinistic tradition; and Reformed presbyterianism. Our doctrine is firmly founded in the Bible and classic (orthodox) Presbyterian canons (the Westminster Standards and the Three Forms of Unity).