Counselling the People of the Prairies

2025-05-16T16:41:40-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , , |

Walking through the door, I looked at the panel of people seated at the table in front of me. Warm smiles and curious glances gazed back. I took my seat, tightly gripping the folder in my hand. Nervousness mixed with excitement filled me as I sat down for the interview. I was fresh out of graduate school, having graduated with my master's degree in counselling psychology from a large university on the Canadian Prairies. I couldn't help but wonder if any of these people knew this wasn't the first time I'd walked through these doors. This Christian counselling centre that [...]

God is at work!

2024-11-28T13:12:19-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , , |

Horizon Seminary: A Growing Leader in Christian Higher Education in Canada In November of 2024, Horizon Seminary hosted an important meeting with faculty and students from across Canada to reflect on the institution's remarkable growth and share insights into its ongoing development. The students who participated also offered their blessing and stories of how God is working in their lives, and we were encouraged immensely! Thank you to all who joined and shared! Here are some highlights from the meeting: Rapid Growth Horizon Seminary is experiencing a period of extraordinary [...]

Is Online Learning Right For You?

2024-11-22T08:31:35-06:00Categories: Articles, Home Highlight|Tags: , |

Distance Education (DE): Answers to Your Top Questions! Thinking about taking Christian college or seminary courses online? It's a great way to earn a degree while balancing work, family, or other commitments. But with so many options swirling around, it can be tough to know where to start. Let's look at some common questions about online learning with Horizon. Read on to get the answers you need! What are the benefits of studying online with Horizon? Online learning with Horizon offers several benefits, including: Flexibility: Students can participate [...]

3 Ways to Study with Horizon

2024-08-03T09:40:18-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

Horizon has made some exciting moves that make Christian education more accessible than ever! If you are looking to pursue Christian leadership training, location does not have to hold you back. Below are the 3 different ways that Horizon delivers competent Christian leadership training to students, wherever they're at. 3 Ways to Study with Horizon: An ideal location for Saskatchewan constituents! Is there a Church Hub near you? We're proud to offer an exceptional distance education experience for Canadian students. 1. On Campus in [...]

Filled with the Word & Ready to Serve

2024-05-22T09:37:53-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , , |

Horizon offers students a course that stands at the intersection between classroom learning and ministry engagement . Here is a special testimonial from one of our Ministry Formation students! Hello! My name is Lilly, and I just finished my second year of Bible College. This year I transferred to Horizon and just completed my first year in the Youth Ministry Program. A major part of the school at Horizon is Ministry Formation, which is a class in which students are required to be involved in at least 2 hours of ministry per week, debrief experiences, and study [...]

What if we could REALLY move the needle?

2024-03-13T12:50:13-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

I'm not usually THIS excited, but I can’t get over the possibilities! We've been talking for years about the looming leadership crisis, and now it's finally upon us. Increasingly, we've got more leadership vacancies than leaders to fill them! This is as acutely true in the church as it is in the world at large. But what if we had a workable solution? What if we could REALLY move the needle and actually see a quantity of competent Christian leaders, trained and ready for service? I think we can! Of all the [...]

Where are the leaders?

2024-09-13T10:55:18-06:00Categories: Articles, Newsletters|Tags: , |

Horizon College & Seminary's Spring Newsletter, March 2023 Printable Version "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."(Jesus, Luke 10:2) As you read this, the denominations partnered with Horizon are looking to fill 32 pastoral vacancies in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwestern Ontario. Each of these vacancies represents a faith community whose weekly gatherings and fellowship bear witness to the world around it that Jesus offers people another way – a way that is truth and [...]

Auditing: A Great Way to Grow

2023-11-23T11:59:33-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

Horizon delivers the very best in competency-based education, preparing Christian leaders for Spirit-empowered life and ministry in the 21st century. Students at both the undergrad and graduate levels receive exceptional Christian leadership training as they work towards their individual goals; perhaps discovering and fulfilling their calling, preparing for a career in ministry, and certainly, growing deeper in their relationship with God. Enrolling as a full-time student is a transformational and worthwhile endeavour, and Horizon is working very hard to make Christian education more accessible. But what about those who desire to grow but aren't able to commit to even part-time [...]

Working Together for Change

2023-03-13T10:32:50-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

(Continued from Part IV) A Future for Christian Higher Education, Part V Collaborating Across the Christian Higher Education Sector There is often a spoken or assumed expectation by those outside the sector that Christian higher education institutions ought to find deeper ways to collaborate. The sentiment is affirmed by those within the sector44 and in practice institutions are generally generous about things like sharing policy, referring students to rival institutions that better suit the student's academic aims, and offering friendship, moral support, and prayer across the aisles. For deeper collaboration, however, it needs to be [...]

Christian Higher Education Must Adapt

2023-03-13T10:33:07-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

(Continued from Part III) A Future for Christian Higher Education, Part IV Practically speaking, how can Christian higher education overcome its lower enrolments and decreased financial supports and continue to fulfil its leadership pipeline mandate in Canada?   Solutions: Christian higher education must adapt, collaborate, and secure new support. There are many possible solutions to the Christian higher education crisis, but all of them need to own up to the commonplace perception of "how little my [Christian higher] education had actually prepared me for the day-in, day-out responsibilities of leading a church."32 For Daniel O. Aleshire, [...]

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