Why choose Solas?
Key Features of our
Master of Arts Programme
Master of Arts Programme
Key Features of our
Master of Arts Programme
Master of Arts Programme
Original Languages
We believe that those called to handle God’s Word should be proficient in navigating the Scriptures in their original languages. Therefore, Solas students will receive instruction in Greek, Hebrew, and other exegetical tools to deepen their understanding of the Bible’s riches.
Biblico-Systematic Theology
Emerging from biblical exegesis are two essential theological disciplines: Biblical Theology, which traces specific truths along the storyline of Scripture, and Systematic Theology, which synthesises the Bible’s teachings into a logical system. Solas emphasises the importance of both disciplines in the contemporary church.
Confessional Heritage
Solas serves all branches of Protestant Christianity that uphold the ecumenical creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Athanasian Creed, and the Nicene Creed. Solas regards the Presbyterian and Reformed confessions as accurate expansions of these creeds and a summary of the Bible’s teachings. Our faculty teach from the perspective of the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity.
Taught by Pastor-Theologians
Most of our teaching faculty serve as elders of a local church. Their teaching not only informs minds but aim at the heart for humble service in the church.
Church-Embedded Students
To best serve the church upon graduation, Solas requires its students to be active members of a local church during their seminary education. In line with this conviction, Solas mandates a report from each student’s pastor every semester, detailing their spiritual formation and contributions to the church.
Why choose Solas?
1. Proficient in the Original Languages
We believe that those called to handle God’s Word should be proficient in navigating the Scriptures in their original languages. Therefore, Solas students will receive instruction in Greek, Hebrew, and other exegetical tools to deepen their understanding of the Bible’s riches.
2. Emphasis on Biblico-Systematic Theology
Emerging from biblical exegesis are two essential theological disciplines: Biblical Theology, which traces specific truths along the storyline of Scripture, and Systematic Theology, which synthesises the Bible’s teachings into a logical system. Solas emphasises the importance of both disciplines in the contemporary church.
3. Appreciation for Confessional Heritage
Solas serves all branches of Protestant Christianity that uphold the ecumenical creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Athanasian Creed, and the Nicene Creed. Solas regards the Presbyterian and Reformed confessions as accurate expansions of these creeds and a summary of the Bible’s teachings. Our faculty teach from the perspective of the Westminster Standards (1646 and 1788), the Three Forms of Unity (1561,1563, and 1618-19) and the Second London Baptist Confession (1689).
Solas serves all branches of Protestant Christianity that uphold the ecumenical creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Athanasian Creed, and the Nicene Creed. Solas regards the Presbyterian and Reformed confessions as accurate expansions of these creeds and a summary of the Bible’s teachings. Our faculty teach from the perspective of the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity.
4. Taught by Pastor-Theologians
Most of our teaching faculty serve as elders of a local church. Their teaching not only informs minds but aim at the heart for humble service in the church.
5. Students Embedded in the Church
To best serve the church upon graduation, Solas requires its students to be active members of a local church during their seminary education. In line with this conviction, Solas mandates a report from each student’s pastor every semester, detailing their spiritual formation and contributions to the church.
6. Equipping Graduates with Tools for Ministry
Ministering to people of various ages and stages of life who need the gospel of Christ requires a heart that is trained to be sensitive to their needs, as well as the tools necessary to serve them effectively. A Solas education provides tools for ministry in a variety of areas such as marriage counselling, youth ministry, preaching and teaching, apologetics, etc.
1. The Holy Scriptures:
We believe that the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God, the only authoritative rule for faith and practice. We affirm its sufficiency, clarity, and authority in all matters to which it speaks.
2. The Triune God:
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal and co-eternal, distinct in their personal properties, yet undivided in essence. The Trinity is sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
3. God the Father:
We believe in God the Father, the Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of all things, who, according to his own good pleasure and for his own glory, foreordains whatsoever comes to pass.
4. God the Son:
We believe in Jesus Christ, the eternally begotten of the Father. Since his incarnation, he is truly God and man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. We believe in his sinless life, his substitutionary and atoning death, his bodily resurrection, his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his future personal return in glory.
5. God the Holy Spirit:
We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, regenerates sinners, indwells believers, and empowers them for service.
6. Creation:
We believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them out of nothing and that humanity was created in God’s image. As a result of this indelible stamp of divinity, all human beings have an innate dignity irrespective of their beliefs, sexuality or practice.
7. The Fall:
We believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them out of nothing and that humanity was created inWe believe that Adam and Eve, our first parents, fell into sin and that all humanity inherits their fallen nature and stands condemned before God. Therefore, all humans have an image defaced by sin, deviate from God’s design, commit sin, and inherit eternal punishment.God’s image. As a result of this indelible stamp of divinity, all human beings have an innate dignity irrespective of their beliefs, sexuality or practice.
8. Salvation:
We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone. We believe that God elected a people to himself before the foundation of the world and that Christ died for their sins. We believe that the Holy Spirit regenerates and justifies sinners through the gift of repentance and that God’s power keeps them through faith unto salvation.
9. The Church:
We believe in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, the body of Christ, composed of all true believers. We believe in the importance of the local church, prayer, the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the ministry of the Word as the means to fight against Satan, the world and the self and grow in enjoying the Father, Son and Spirit. We are committed to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ to his Church and to furnishing her with servants who will make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all things that Christ has commanded.
10. The Return of Christ and Eternal State:
We believe in the personal, visible, and glorious return of Jesus Christ to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the eternal blessedness of the righteous in the presence of God, and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.
