Institute Governance & Professor Qualifications

Greystone Theological Institute is an independent institution of higher learning and not an ecclesiastical body. The Institute is free from control by any particular denomination and is governed by a Board of Directors who are members in good and regular standing in confessional Reformed communions. Greystone welcomes students from many denominational affiliations and none, but it exists principally to assist churches and seminaries or divinity schools prepare men and women for scholarly or ministerial service within confessional Presbyterian and Reformed churches. Members of the Board, faculty, and administration are individually under the jurisdiction of the various church courts of the denominations to which they belong.

As an institution of higher learning and research, all Greystone courses are taught by fellows and lecturers who have completed a terminal academic or research degree in their field (Ph.D., Th.D., D.Phil.) and are active in teaching or research. In the event a course is taught by a lecturer lacking a terminal degree (but holding, for example, the Th.M. and in rare cases the D.Min.), the lecturer shall have expert knowledge of the subject matter and the course shall be co-taught with a lecturer holding the necessary degree qualification. All Greystone fellows and lecturers sign a statement of confessional adherence indicating their commitment not to teach anything in contradiction to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. It should be noted that all degree programs are open to all qualified students, both men and women.