Alliance Theological Seminary was an evangelical Christian seminary affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, last located in Manhattan. It operated from 1882 to 2023.
History
The seminary had roots from the Missionary Training Institute, a school established by A.B. Simpson to train missionaries for world service in 1882.[1] Simpson originally opened the Missionary Training Institute in Times Square, New York in 1883; in 1898 it moved a few miles away to South Nyack.[2] The school eventually became Nyack College, and the seminary stemmed out of its graduate program, founded in 1960 as the Jaffray School of Missions. In 1974, the program was redesigned and subsequently renamed to the Alliance School of Theology and Missions.[2]
It took its current name in 1979, and in addition to the main campus in Nyack, there was a large satellite campus located in Manhattan, and an extension in Puerto Rico.[3] The 2012 enrollment was approximately 800 students.[4]
In 2019, Nyack College closed Alliance Theological Seminary in Rockland County and moved all operations to the Manhattan campus.[5] After changing its name to Alliance University, the college closed on August 31, 2023 after years of financial struggles.[6][7][8]
The seminary offered a variety of graduate degrees including an M.A. in intercultural studies or biblical literature, as well as M.P.S., M.Div., and D.Min degrees.[4]
